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I'm sorry how the fuck does someone get all these benefits and is still living paycheck to paycheck
Some people buy the Camaro before they get their arm blown off by a gernade
There's a guy in my town who works at a federal prison who is doing gig work on the weekends because the government cut the retention bonuses they had been getting for years due to staffing shortages.
The prison jobs are some of the highest paying in this area with solid benefits, but some people will always live at the edge of their means. Dude probably has a mortgage, a boat payment, an RV payment, an ATV payment and child support. I guess he just thought he'd get an $38k/yr for forever.
Tbf the cost to fill the hole in your soul that that job forms is basically infinite
If you have a soul.
Americans are not taught how to manage their finances, and I imagine this to be even more true for people who join the military.
The actual take home pay is pretty low unless you are living in the base it is not really enough to support a family on. It isnlt enough to manage severe ptsd also in most cases
Doesn't live on base so he still has to pay rent