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Originally Posted by gacook
While I don't think it was your intent, this is quite insulting to our men/women in the Armed Forces, most of who work damn hard. It's also insulting to those of us who work for the government--again, most of whom work damn hard to make your life better.
I did the corporate gig for a while after getting out of the Army, then took a pretty big pay cut to come back to work for DoD because it's better to be a part of something bigger than myself than to go to work each day doing nothing more than chasing after more and more $'s while really adding no value to the life of those around me.
Furthermore, take a look at the news; people in the military are getting "laid off" in record numbers right now.
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It might seem insulting to point out the fact that a mechanic only makes money when he produces a service, most people do not want to pay a mechanic while he goes to school, to the dentist or doctor, vacation, sick, etc. I have been both a mechanic and an active duty serviceman and my experience is that a mechanic or trades person works hard for money with little benefits or appreciation of service compared to government employees.
Tradesmen work damn hard to make YOUR life better.
There is a reason the government is overloaded with people wanting to work for it and there reason there is a shortage of trades people. Read the responses to this thread and you will get the idea.
I told my son to work for the government, I did not need to explain why, he saw what I did, what it did to my body and he went Army and never looked back.