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Originally Posted by plsureking
the average salary of a US soldier deployed in Iraq is still $28k a year, while the average US Senator makes over $200k a year (for life, without kickbacks) for sending that soldier down the path of an IED.
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Nobody puts a gun to a young man's head and forces him to join any branch of the military. At least not in the US or UK. Military pay scales are made available to all recruits before signing a contract, accurate job descriptions are provided, and everything promised to the recruit is right there in a legal binding contract. Recruits know what they will be making before they sign anything.
So what is the point in comparing salaries? Nobody promises them anything other than what they are getting. People dont join an all-volunteer military force not knowing they are going into the war fighting business.