Monday, May 22, 2006

Reenlisting b/c ZERO Job Opportunties

Oh yeh Bush... this economy is sooo peachy that our military members would rather face your clusterfuck of a war than go home to their families and children jobless and w/no health insurance since pensions are becoming less common and only 60% of large companies offered health coverage last yr, (down from 69% in 2000) and the coverage that is available costs more. LATimes: "Although the Army missed its recruitment goals last yr, retention continues at record levels. Reenlistments this yr are running 20% above the Army's goal, despite the long overseas deployments. 2 out of 3 soldiers eligible to reenlist do so. For many service members, it's a matter of balancing risk: Within the military, multiple deployments are commonplace, and more than 2,400 troops have been killed in Iraq and 18,000 have been wounded. But outside the military, 46 million people in the US have no health insurance, and those who do pay increasingly higher prices for it." Nice to see that your GOP fascist agendas of handing the nation over to corporations' control is providing plenty of cannon fodder for your wars.
Posted by Tina :: 12:43 AM :: 2 Comments:

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