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Old 07-20-2005, 08:07 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by lookout123
this is not a new thing with Bush. it has always been there, but was largely accelerated with the massive drawdown in the early '90's. and of course the civilians are paid more - you aren't providing 100% medical, life, legal, education, training benefits as you would for a GI.
Point taken, corruption/cronyism isn't new.

I'm still not sure why civilians should be doing the job of the military. I have read that it is getting increasingly hard to find enlistees who are suitable for the military, but still, I imagine an army (in the generic sense) should be able to cook and clean etc for itself.
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