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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	To Big to Fail
	Date:	1/3/2011 8:02:49 PM (updated 1/3/2011 8:08:00 PM)

Spending a career in the military is an unwritten contract between the serviceman or woman and the US. Part of that contract is the pension. For that pension, military people pay in a lot of ways, none the least of which is the real possibility they may pay with their life. If the lucrative pension opportunities were not there, the quantity and quality of folks willing to put up with the almost daily inconveniences (compared to most civilian occupations) of military life would undoubtedly be reduced.

Spending a career in the military also means giving up the opportunity to excel in the business world and acquire significant wealth. I had a 2nd Lt working for me who had that very decision to make -- his father was very well connected and he could have left the Air Force and in his words "led a very comfortable life". Instead, thank God, he chose to give that up to serve, and is now a two star general. His brother, on the other hand, did not choose the military path and was a multimillionaire by the time he was 30.

Nasreddin Hodja

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To Big to Fail - MAJ USA RET - 1/3/2011 4:22:38 PM

To Big to Fail - GoneFishin - 1/3/2011 7:40:18 PM

To Big to Fail - MrHodja - 1/3/2011 8:02:49 PM

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To Big to Fail - Talullahhound - 1/4/2011 7:59:12 AM

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