But our patron saints the companies have made so much money! What a great success story.. for the companies, not the employees, the troops, the citizens, or the country.
That’s true, $150,000 to $250,000 or so a year is good pay; but to put that in perspective the GDP per capita (nominal) of Americans is almost $48,000, so at best they are getting paid 5 times the amount of money the average worker ‘makes’ (not earns) in the US. Oh the immoral things people will do for money! That said, you get the privilege of of dieing for the company and the potential of killing innocents; but I suppose most mercenaries long ago became dead inside. Anyway, none of the government employees make enough money for it to be anything but their ‘patriotic duty’ even when you include ‘hazard pay.’
I should correct myself. The $48,000 GDP per capital (nominal) figure represents the amount of money made on average by each person in the US, not each worker. The average GDP per worker made (not earned) is closer to $67,000. This link is kind of old but explanatory: http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_snapshots_20071114/.
Here we go again.
Oh yes, the never ending story……
But our patron saints the companies have made so much money! What a great success story.. for the companies, not the employees, the troops, the citizens, or the country.
Actually the employees make a butt load of money working for private “security” firms…..
That’s true, $150,000 to $250,000 or so a year is good pay; but to put that in perspective the GDP per capita (nominal) of Americans is almost $48,000, so at best they are getting paid 5 times the amount of money the average worker ‘makes’ (not earns) in the US. Oh the immoral things people will do for money! That said, you get the privilege of of dieing for the company and the potential of killing innocents; but I suppose most mercenaries long ago became dead inside. Anyway, none of the government employees make enough money for it to be anything but their ‘patriotic duty’ even when you include ‘hazard pay.’
I should correct myself. The $48,000 GDP per capital (nominal) figure represents the amount of money made on average by each person in the US, not each worker. The average GDP per worker made (not earned) is closer to $67,000. This link is kind of old but explanatory: http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_snapshots_20071114/.