90-percent
(6,829 posts)until the sticker is sun bleached. then take it off and forget about it. It's not 2005 any more.
So what? They volunteered!
-90% Jimmy
zeemike
(18,998 posts)they are allways needing new workers as the old ones become homeless because they can't make it on what they pay...
dickthegrouch
(3,184 posts)I hope they've saved some for the rainy days ahead.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)The number of military families on assistance is huge.
Submariner
(12,509 posts)happyslug
(14,779 posts)$150 per month prior to 2003, starting in 2003 it was $225 per month
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=101262,00.html
http://www.jag.navy.mil/organization/documents/tax/Summary%20of%20Combat%20Zone%20Tax%20Benefits-Tri-Fold-09.pdf
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/fy2009paycharts/a/combat.-uV_.htm
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)No way our soldiers are making that. The merc's who are staying put in Iraq after the official pull out, still on our payroll, maybe. But not our US military personnel.
patrice
(47,992 posts)Some VERY complicated issues here.
If civilians make faulty decisions in "choosing" their "career path", it is assumed that is THEIR problem and that there is nothing wrong with the economic systems in which their reversal of fortunes manifest.
I wouldn't take that bet even if I had $10,000 to spare on chest-pumping.
patrice
(47,992 posts)e.g. "Contract to hire".
Taverner
(55,476 posts)We need to cut back on everything!!!!
Well, except tax loopholes for the *job creators*
You're just envious