Not only do they reap huge wealth, even more over the previous decade from their investments in the defense establishment, they and the american public have not been forced, nor Demanded, to Sacrifice for our brother and sister Veterans of these two wars of choice, for a decade plus now, continuing the decades prior to!!
After the killing of Osama Bin Laden at a compound in a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan, much of the nation’s focus has turned to the men in our military who were responsible for the raid. The combat team that attacked Bin Laden’s compound was composed of an elite unit of Navy SEALS.
As economist Dean Baker points out, ABC News did a feature story about the SEALs to highlight the sacrifices those enlisted in the unit make. ABC compared their base salaries of $54,000 a year to the average annual salary for teachers. Baker notes that perhaps their salaries should be compared to Wall Street CEOs who earn tens of millions of dollars: {continued}
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