Thread: Where has common sense gone?
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Old 09-26-2007, 09:18 AM   #95 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gonefishin View Post
this is something I wonder about. why for four years of service do we pay benefits for the rest of someone's life?

A few things...
1. You paid handsomely to get me and many others to sign the contract in the first place. I got a nice enlistment bonus based on my test scores.

2. I only served 3 years.

3. Military disability benefits are the friggin bomb!!!!

4. Barring disability though, when you separate, you are done other than a few things like GI Bill and VA loans.

while I thank people for their service how does four years equate to 60? that is something that ought to change or else it it just another form of welfare.
It seems you are a bit confused. Your facts are distorted. Hopefully your job offers long term disability coverage. That's all my benefits equate to. Very nice ones though. My wife and I added up probably about and annual $100K in medical and pension benefits if I adjusted them for what I would have to earn it at a job. Whether you think that's "fair" or not, it's available to every person who joins the military and gets out at 100% disability.
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