01-18-2008, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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I don't have a problem with privatizing the non-combat functions of the military. For instance, military personnel run the mail delivery systems (i.e., post office). They serve food. They cook food.
There is no reason that these roles can't be played by cheaper civilians.
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Unless things have changed drastically we do have a lot of civilian employees filling those positions. The thing is when the combat starts those positions are no longer cheap. Haliburton is contracting dishwashers, laundress, cooks, and housekeepers. The civilian individuals washing clothes for our troops in Baghdad currently make about $7,000.00 a month or more plus room and board. Where does the cheaper come in?
Have you heard about how many illegal aliens have been found to be working on military installations in America so they can take advantage of slave labor & cheat Americans out of a livable income, so the government can save money?
Creating another workforce that is dependent on the government to subsidize their income is not saving the government anything by the way!
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