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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow much more do the "contractors" make than federal officers?
Who is taking taxpayer money? I think I once read that the mercenary groups like Blackwater
make many times more than regulars, whether army, like in Iraq, or federals like Border Patrol or marshalls
or whoever these guys are.
Zoonart
(11,876 posts)Maybe we can ask Betsy (DeVos) to ask her brother Eric (Prince). Bet he would know.
*sort of*
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)whatever Erik Prince's mercenaries are called these days.
Disaffected
(4,561 posts)In the plumbing context blackwater is that which comes from toilets.
Hmm, on second thought actually quite appropriate...
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,926 posts)But I know a guy who was with a contractor in Iraq. He spent a most of a year in Baghdad and made 170k. I know Blackwater guys made a lot more, something like $750-850 per day according to what some of them claimed.
panader0
(25,816 posts)How much was a regular army soldier paid a day?
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,926 posts)Back around 05 I think I made around 1500/month while deployed lol. I don't know if I still have any of my LES's any more to check.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)trump is getting some kind of kick back from the groups like Blackwater.
LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)No benefits
Temporary etc
I worked PRN as a nurse and got about 25% more/hour than staff
I really don't think they're paying these goons like they did in Iraq.