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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Transgender people join the military to get free sex re-assignment surgery.  It costs tax payers a couple million a year, but better than botching their bodies in Thailand.[/quote]
The military pays 5 times as much on viagra then on gender reassignment surgery. [/quote]

Why do people keep saying that as if it's meaningful?
How much is spent for the average soldier with ED?
How much is spent for the average transgender soldier?

If I can demonstrate that ADHD is less expensive to treat than transgender...ism? or ED, will that suddenly convince everyone that people who are treating their ADHD should be allowed to serve?[/quote]

It is meaningful.  Because ED costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning surgeries.  That you've chosen to break it down for "average" soldiers or per soldier is what is not meaningful b/c there are always going to be differences between between each individual.  The healthy soldier with no medical history is going to cost less than the "average" soldier with asthma, or who injures him/herself, or who has allergies, or  . . . pick your ailment.  So, this is a bit of cute maneuvering to do it that way.  Overall, the financial argument simply doesn't hold up.

And why ED is identified should be obvious. It's not necessary to be able to get an erection to serve in the military just as it isn't, according to people here, "necessary" to undergo transition while in the military.  Yet, one is extensively covered.  The other people are bitching and complaining about b/c, let's be honest, it has zero to do with cost and all to do with fear of what they don't know.[/quote]

I'm breaking it down per soldier because to compare total numbers is how you lie with statistics.

"More white people are on welfare than any other race!"
True, but if you compare % of the population with their % on welfare, white people are under represented.

So "more money is spent on ED!" ok. Is that treating 5,000 soldiers with ED for every 1 transgender soldier? Or is it treating 1 soldier with ED for every 5 transgender soldiers? Is it comparing just the medication costs? Is it comparing surgical costs? Is it comparing time off work costs?

It's a meaningless statement to just say "more!"[/quote]

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