From: Bill Lucy 

In article , zotu{at}nospamforme.com says...
> How much of that 66% payroll figure was for people OTHER THAN the guards on
> the scene?  Surround a tent city with a few national guardsmen or a few men
> from the 3rd ID, isn't that expensive and doesn't require a bunch of
> bureaucratic overhead buried in payroll.

National Guard isn't cheap, and most don't have an MOS of "guard
duty". That requires training, and that's expensive.

You really don't get it. You have this theory in your head that the bodies
that would provide the security are cheap. It's actually the most expensive
component in any prison.

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