From: "Geo" 

Are you saying that the marines are well paid? What do you figure the
average soldier makes per year?

Geo.

"Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
> Steve 
> http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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