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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (18 children)

$35k is barely a poverty wage.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    The pay is closer to $43k. The $35k is a signing bonus.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Plus you get food and board paid for so that's another early 12+K

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    IMO still way not worth it to end up working as the US’s Gestapo.

    No thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Military wouldn't be the equivalent to gestapo who were the secret police

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Gestures towards Washington DC

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Gestures towards Wermacht and SA

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm case you've been living under a rock the past few days, this is what I was referring to: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dc-home-rule-act-trump-puts-dc-police/story?id=124548993

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm just explaining that the military isn't equivalent to Gestapo, since Gestapo was the secret police. So you wouldn't be working for America's Gestapo if you joined the military.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The food does come out of your paycheck if you live on base, but it wasn't very much back when I was in. Granted the food was bad too lol

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    43k a year? That's almost 30% more than you'd get in the Netherlands for a minimum wage job where nobody shoots at you.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    So that US salary comes to €36k, €28k I assume you calculate your minimum wage to then? (28 + 30% would be 36.4)

    About the same here in the UK, kinda need a reason beyond the money if you are going to join because the money is shit for what you have to do.

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