If I may ...
You seem to like making assumptions about me. Wound too tight? You jumped into this thread with "Whoop di flying f*ck diddly do. A snot nosed E-3..." and "These pity stories are pathetic." You're triggered from moment-one that our military dare expect a pay raise that is commensurate with inflation. And what do you expect I'm going to give you names of people I have known that were on food stamps. I work with a single guy, no kids, that has to take care of his own parents because they landed on hard times. He sends them money every week. And he's an E-3. This has caused him all sorts of stress that he has been unable to pass his PT test. Now they are processing him out. There are plenty of these kinds of stories out there. I don't know where you get your information, but it's from a really poor source; or perhaps it's just your own misinformed opinion. In any event, I'm wasting my time with someone that has such a deep contempt for those that are willing give everything so you can spew your contempt against them. They deserve to be paid far more than they are. FAR MORE! When only .4% of our population is willing to take this very important job - defending this country and YOUR RIGHTS - I don't think it's too much ask these "snot nosed" troops at least get pay raises that are worth a damn.
You are not seeing the forest through the trees here fella. Your anecdotal stories have no bearing on the pay scales of service members. So a single member has to care for his parents because "they" landed on hard times? And this is somehow the DOD's fault? That because this kid's parents fell on hard times the DOD has to help and make up the slack? The one thing that the military does do well, in most cases, is to make, or break. Seems as if they broke this kid. And that's ok. That's what the services need to do, and do well. Weed out those that can't hack it. If the kid feels the need to help economically support his parents, great. Though not his responsibility. Personally, my mother and father would have never ever told me if they were having financial issues. And if I did find out, would have been told to mind my own f*cking business and focus on making something of myself. To have even offered them money would have been a slap to their face.
Contempt I have, huh? Because my opinion differs from yours? My, "Whoop di flying f*ck diddly do." was used because most anyone with a spouse and kids, or just with kids, in civilian life being paid what a E-3 makes, is going to suffer and most likely be on food stamps as well. Just because it is happening to a service member, or members, doesn't mean they get a pass, nor does it mean that economics are thrown out the window because of it. It comes down fully to personal responsibility. Personal responsibility of the service member to ensure that his or her decisions do not become a burden to themselves or their command. Simple as that. By the way, bung hole, was being really nice till just now, my father came home broken and shot up from World War II, and was medically discharged because of it. Dealt with physical, and mental, issues until his death. I myself am a combat veteran. You throw about this word, contempt, attempting for it to stick to me due to your own shortcomings, when, for myself, the complete opposite is true. I'm from the old school of hard knocks, raised by parents that went to a far worse school, who didn't think twice about beating me or my siblings when the need arose. Raised that you work with what's been dealt without complaint. If you wanted something else, then it was work, education, and tenacity, that bettered your position in life. So if these little snowflakes can't handle the financial stresses of military life, then get the f*ck out. Your little rantings prove nothing, other than you yourself being a snowflake making machine, ie, part of the problem.
