thereisnospoon
Gold Member
The military is overpaid. A buck private makes at least 15 per hour counting in benefits, food, clothing, shelter, health care provided.
And please tell me how you arrive at that figure.
On active duty, my average work week at a minimum was 11 hours per day. And quite often for years on end I was putting in 80+ hours a week.
And with all of those adjustments you are putting in, that is only for people who are married. Most of the members in the military are single, so do not get anything but base pay, an annual clothing allowance (an entire $450 a year), and a shared room in the barracks.
As for food, big whoop-de-do. Believe it or not, anybody can eat on base, it is not some "military only" feature. You are welcome to do like we do and pay around $5 and eat in the chow hall, I only did it when I had to (or towards the end of the month when I was broke).
A "Buck Private" as you said it makes just over $1,500 a month. Factor in @200 per month for a PPO, that makes it $1,700 per month.
So let's be generous, figure $500 a month for housing, and the same for food (even though for us that are married, we only get $352 per month), that is $1,800 per month, or $450 a week (before taxes).
Figure that most work the same 11 hour days (6am-5pm), that comes to....
$8.18 per hour. About half of the figure you quote.
When I was deployed, I did an article for the unit's monthly newsletter. I took the pay of a married E-4 with 3 years in and added up all the hazard duty pay, separation pay, and the other things we got when deployed. I then put in the average work week that most of us put in (100 hours per week), and came to a figure of around $5 an hour.
And you dare to say we are "overpaid"?
Tell you what, next time you put in a 100+ hour work week, let me know. We were normally grateful when we got off a bit early, and only did 10.5 hours 1 or 2 days per week.
However, we do not do it for the money. When I quit my job and went back in the military in 2007, I took a significant pay cut (over $5k per year). And since I left active duty, my income has gone up over $15k per year.
So to say our military is overpaid is grossly insulting.
This fucking prick comes on here to piss people off. He's here as a no brained fool.
He's free entertainment.