Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Pay Scales for Soldiers vs Contractors

Ever wonder what the Army pays? Here is a 2005 Army pay scale: Private: $13,711 Private E-2: $14,822 Private First Class: $17,475 Specialist/Corporal: $19,352 Sergeant: $21,108 Staff Sergeant: $23,040 Sergeant First Class: $26,640. Ever wonder how much private contractors make? Here is a job listing: Government contractor seeking applicants for overseas assignment in KUWAIT. Excellent pay & benefits up to $60,000+. The duties of the FPO are similar to those of an Army MP... except they will make a HELLUVA LOT MORE than any MP has ever made... and didja know that we could have been jamming roadside bombs and have not been? The Bush Administration did not request any funds in the emergency supplemental to purchase jammers for the Army despite the Joint Staff's estimating that roadside explosives have caused 70 percent of U.S. casualties (soldiers killed and wounded) in Iraq. Well, Sen Barbara Boxer is pissed off and she is trying to get something done for our troops. Did His Holiness the Prez think that if he and all the Talibornagains PRAYED REALLY HARD that our troops would be protected from the roadside bombs WITHOUT the jammers they need?... F-ing immoral idiots.
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