America's upper classes have gone AWOL

bulletandpima
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:33:10 +0000

I think the word you are looking for is “entitlement”. Works for both situation you posed.

Honestly, as a military wife and mother, I prefer we keep the system we have, I want someone who wants to serve. I don’t want someone who is doing this for political reasons or free education. I think these people don’t understand that when you join for those reasons, you just might be making a deal with the devil. When Gulf War I happened we were in the UK and my friend was an active duty reservist with 2 children (8 and 3), she got called up right after hubby left…she went and served, had to send the kids to live with her folks for 6 mos. As soon as she returned, she resigned her commission and said the price was too high to pay and that she felt like she made a deal with devil out of her greed for $5K a yr. I respect her for her decision because she realized that she was there for the wrong reasons. At least she fulfilled her service, but had she stayed for the $$$, I am sure she would have tried to work the system (she tried to work it prior, but they said nope, you’re going, but since DH is in a war zone you will be back fill and out of harms way)