Subj : Terrorism and Obama
To   : JOHN HULL
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sun Mar 13 2011 04:13:00


 SB>>>> Oh, I agree, it started getting bad back when Clinton was President
 SB>>>> and has been going downhill ever since then. I think Clinton did
 SB>> a lo
 SB>>>> of damage to our military back then, and I think Ohbama picked
 SB>> right
 SB>>>> up where he left of on destroying our military.

 Funny, the list of democratic presidents who cut military
 spending adds up to none.

 However, GHW Bush did cut military spending. The end result was
 Clinton inherited a military that had been cut. And a huge
 national debt he had to work around to get it to a balanced
 budget.

 Which balanced budget I do not suggest was a good thing.

 ...

 SD>>> (orderly room)...you know that something like 55% of soldiers with
 SB>> familie
 SD>>> are on food stamps? Why in God's name is that?

 Maybe because the same mentality that thinks a middle class
 worker is overpaid thinks the military aren't worth much either.

 SB>> Oh, I know about the food stamps, my wife and I were dirt poor while I
 SB>> was in
 SB>> the Navy. I was lucky to be stationed in SC where the cost of living was
 SB>> a lot
 SB>> lower and my wife was able to get WIC when she was pregnant, and we
 SB>> qualified
 SB>> for food stamps. I was a E5 at the time and got sub pay and sea pay. Most
 SB>> people thought that we got a ton of money for being on subs, but it was
 SB>> less
 SB>> than 200 dollars a month back then. I think I was getting 190 a month
 SB>> for sub
 SB>> pay, but that was after 6 years of service. For a E1 it was 75 dollars a
 SB>> month, and I don't think that has changed since then.

 JH> There is an old saying in the Marine Corps that if the
 JH> Corps had wanted you to have a wife, it would've issued you
 JH> one.

 They said that in every branch of the service. I know they say
 it in the Air Force and the Army.

 JH> People forget that the military is not set up for wives.

 People forget that the military today is all volunteer and
 depends on more long term servers. That and people desperate for
 a job often to support a family.

 JH> Used to be that you had to get permission from your
 JH> commanding officer to get married.  Of course, a lot of
 JH> guys today get married before they enlist, or enlist
 JH> because they've knocked up the girlfriend and have no job,
 JH> so they join the military to get training in something.

 Yep. Desperate.

 JH> Most wives during World War II and before, went to live
 JH> with relatives or in-laws while the man was off at war or
 JH> on overseas duty.  Things might be a lot less problem for
 JH> military enlisted if they waited to get married until they
 JH> got out.

 Yeah... one more strike against military service.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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