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Politics : Fahrenheit 9/11: Michael Moore's Masterpiece

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To: American Spirit who wrote (818)6/28/2004 9:58:07 AM
From: exdaytrader76  Read Replies (2) of 2772
 
A 2nd LT makes $30K, a PFC makes closer to $13K. 50% of the soldiers are E1 to E4, making $13 - $18,000 per year.
money.cnn.com

afoaf is an 18 y/o PFC. He makes about $1,000/mo to drive a truck around Baghdad, delivering howitzer shells.

homepage.mac.com
For many, the chance to earn upwards of $80,000 -- tax free -- was all the reason needed to leave their creature comforts and enter a war zone. (with KBR)

Now not only does this foaf have what I consider to be one of the worst jobs on the planet, he makes a fraction of what a KBR civilian employee gets paid ... and he has to pay taxes.
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