From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:47:36 -0400, Geo  wrote:

> "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> news:42dc4287$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Suppose the prez or VP did call for more enlistments?
>
> For a couple of billion dollars a year they could have hundreds of
> thousands of people lined up to enlist. Just set a minimum wage of
> $100K/year for
> serving in Afghanistan or Iraq.
>
> Geo.

Hunh.  Nine years since I've gotten out, and I've not yet matched my
take-home pay from my last year of service (got close, then laid off).  Of
course, it took me 16 years to get to that level.

It was a commonplace that a married E-4 with two kids could qualify for food stamps.

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Steve 
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