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Divemaster · 02-23-2014, 05:38

In 2014 an E-1 under 2 years time in service gets $1531.50 per month base pay. A service member gets paid 7 days per week. If you figure a 30 day month, he or she earns $51.05 per day. So in a civilian 8 hour day, that comes out to $6.38 per hour. No service member works an 8 hour day. How about a more realistic 10 hours? About $5.11 per hour. 12 hours? Make that $4.25 per hour.

Mr. President, I hear you want to raise the national minimum wage to over $10 per hour. Business owners say that will be a disaster. Since you are so fond of social experimentation on the military, how about just one more? Let's try your minimum wage experiment on the lower enlisted ranks of our armed forces.

You can lift them out of poverty and blame Bush for putting them there. Win for them, win for you. What do you say?

02-23-2014, 05:38	#9
Divemaster Quiet Professional Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 2,065	In 2014 an E-1 under 2 years time in service gets $1531.50 per month base pay. A service member gets paid 7 days per week. If you figure a 30 day month, he or she earns $51.05 per day. So in a civilian 8 hour day, that comes out to $6.38 per hour. No service member works an 8 hour day. How about a more realistic 10 hours? About $5.11 per hour. 12 hours? Make that $4.25 per hour. Mr. President, I hear you want to raise the national minimum wage to over $10 per hour. Business owners say that will be a disaster. Since you are so fond of social experimentation on the military, how about just one more? Let's try your minimum wage experiment on the lower enlisted ranks of our armed forces. You can lift them out of poverty and blame Bush for putting them there. Win for them, win for you. What do you say? __________________ Grando autem duodecimo hominis Last edited by Divemaster; 02-23-2014 at 05:41.
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