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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (119032)	7/31/2009 11:30:59 AM
From: Knighty Tin	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Craig. Not to mention the fact that a potential entrepreneur may have a wife or a kid with an expensive pre-existing condition. I know that happens. I had a buddy at language school who was in the Navy. His opinion of the Navy was not as harsh as my opinion of the Army, but I never pegged him as a lifer. At the time (the mid to late 1960s) the services were paying huge bonuses for linguists to reenlist. The Navy's was not as good as the Army's, but it was substantial relative to what we were earning at the time. And, assuming you had all the other qualifications for promotion, you got one with the re-up, though the bonus was calculated on your pre promotion salary. Anyway, this guy's wife got sick, big time. There was no way he would be able to buy private insurance at any price he could afford. If he could buy it at all. And private cos. would consider him a liability because of the added cost to their health plans. He reenlisted and took the bonus and the promotion and his wife got first class medical treatment. Family was more important than career happiness to the guy, and I salute that. But it is sad he had to make that decision for reasons that had nothing to do with what he wanted to do with his life.