"Harry.Krause" wrote in message
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John H wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:23:50 -0400, "Harry.Krause"

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John H wrote:

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:05:13 -0400, "Harry.Krause"

wrote:



Gene Kearns wrote:


On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:43:23 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:




"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:55:15 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:




Do you have any of the Marine re-enlistment statistics?


http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f...925-886734.php
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That site says nothing about "re-enlistment".



Oops.... missed the "re-" It appears that re-enlistment in the
Marines is up.... an up to $30,000.00 re-enlistment bonus must look
pretty attractive to some .....

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/marin...zonebbonus.htm
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyb...orsvsbonus.htm



Is that how cheap life has become?


In 1966, a six year reenlistment was worth $1200 *if* one qualified for
a higher
level 'Variable Reenlistment Bonus'!


I guess to some $30,000 seems a sim. But it kinda makes you wonder about
the connection between Bush's open door illegal worker policy and a
military drawn from mostly lower socio-economic classes. Keep the
pressure on them, offer them a few bucks, and send them off to die...no
decent jobs around here anyway, eh?


Find me a country with a better unemployment rate. If none of the jobs
are
paying anything, why are house prices increasing about 20% a year? Even
the
illegals around here are getting $10-12 an hour for yardwork.



A decent job is a job with sufficient pay to support a family modestly, a
job that provides health care benefits, a job that provides some some or
decent retirement. Those are the jobs NOT being created in this country.

But there is plenty of yard work.

My yard work guy is about to retire at age 45. His house is paid for, and
it's worth half a million. He also owns several rental properties in Ft.
Myers.

I should have gone into yard work.