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To: Lane3 who wrote (92496)9/3/2018 4:47:38 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 362604
 
>>As I wrote up-thread, that, like health care, would be an employee benefit or in lieu of pay. The hat the government is wearing there is the employer hat, not the head-of-government hat. siliconinvestor.com

Little more difficult call. If you're in Iraq and at a FOB, it is less of a benefit than a necessity. Or for that matter, at Camp Victory (which at least one soldier preferred over going out for a nice steak dinner), you don't really have a choice, although there were food establishments like Bk, McDs, KFC, etc., for those who wanted it).



To: Lane3 who wrote (92496)9/3/2018 5:02:46 PM
From: Dracin72  Respond to of 362604
 
" The hat the government is wearing there is the employer hat, "

If that was your point then we agree. The single most effective, efficient form and function of federal of the government is the application of force and management of the military force. The management of the military industrial complex, ie. the contractors and vendors that is more likely an area of government welfare we all could debate.


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