From: Jeff Shultz 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:41:18 -0400, Steve Ewing wrote:

> 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.

I'm pretty sure I've gotten there now... but with what I was making in
2003, it would be pretty close.

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