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Yes, LOTS of money to build fancy weapons but how about supporting the actual people doing the fighting and not just well-to-do contractors?[/quote]

[b]Who do you think is using those fancy weapons?  Contractors?
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And why does everyone think contractors are well-to-do?  You do realize they are jobs like every other, right?  That the upper echelon (i.e. CEOs, COOs, etc) make a lot of money, middle managers make good money, and so forth--just like everywhere else.

A  general makes about $180,000/yr in base pay alone.  THen you add in all the allowances, which are not taxed.  $36,000/yr Housing. COLA.  No withholding for medical, which is free.  It all comes out to a lot more take-home than you'd think.

It doesn't necessarily make up for some of the lifestyle aspects, but it's a very good living, especially since you get a huge retirement.  
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I'll tell you who's [i]not[/i] using them - the kids I know who are going into the military because it beats unemployment. Who are poorly educated and who won't be hired by a government contractor upon leaving the military and who are never going to rise to the level of general.  If the military works for them, I'm fine with that but it's ridiculous to talk about a general's salary and assume that's an adequate way of comparing military salaries to those of government contractors. --- from a government contractor[/quote]

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