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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
It sure as hell wasn't a government handout though.
Pete
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As long as we are talking about the Military, my boy will get the princely sum of $225 a month combat pay when he goes to Afghanistan later this year.
Back in 1970 I got $65 a month for Vietnam.
Indexed for inflation that comes to $395 a month in todays dollars.
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
So, where the Hell is the other $170 bucks a month for our troops in combat?