Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
ORIGINAL: HummBob
SHEEP...Not CAMEL'S......Camels SPIT!!!!!
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No that's Bob's department.
Just saying if his wife was that ugly she would be a two bagger.
No that's Bob's department.
Just saying if his wife was that ugly she would be a two bagger.
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
ORIGINAL: rhill20
How in the world is an E7 below poverty level. I'm an E6 and I am NOWHERE nearthe poverty level. The have some serious self budgeting issues if that is the case because their LES doesn't reflect it.
don't take that the wrong way. wasn't taken personally, just don't get that.
E-7
Base Pay 3787
BAH882
Rations 202
Equals4871 a month
Don't forget that you pay nothing for medical insurance. And $1,000 of that is NON TAXABLE. Living "the high life"? No, but hardly poverty stricken.
ORIGINAL: Muddydawg75
let's not compare that to most E-7's in the USAF fall below the poverty level....
let's not compare that to most E-7's in the USAF fall below the poverty level....
don't take that the wrong way. wasn't taken personally, just don't get that.
E-7
Base Pay 3787
BAH882
Rations 202
Equals4871 a month
Don't forget that you pay nothing for medical insurance. And $1,000 of that is NON TAXABLE. Living "the high life"? No, but hardly poverty stricken.
add some kids to that.... 200 a month for food? Maybe if I ate top ramen.... there has also been recent targeted pay grades that have gotten bonus raises...
I think we should start a military thread like I said before....
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
ORIGINAL: Muddydawg75
The BAH numbers are all wrong.... I was an E-5 living offbase... getting 1200 a month for BAH and still spent well over 600 a month out of my pocket for rent/ utilities when I was in DC....
add some kids to that.... 200 a month for food? Maybe if I ate top ramen.... there has also been recent targeted pay grades that have gotten bonus raises...
I think we should start a military thread like I said before....
ORIGINAL: rhill20
How in the world is an E7 below poverty level. I'm an E6 and I am NOWHERE nearthe poverty level. The have some serious self budgeting issues if that is the case because their LES doesn't reflect it.
don't take that the wrong way. wasn't taken personally, just don't get that.
E-7
Base Pay 3787
BAH882
Rations 202
Equals4871 a month
Don't forget that you pay nothing for medical insurance. And $1,000 of that is NON TAXABLE. Living "the high life"? No, but hardly poverty stricken.
ORIGINAL: Muddydawg75
let's not compare that to most E-7's in the USAF fall below the poverty level....
let's not compare that to most E-7's in the USAF fall below the poverty level....
don't take that the wrong way. wasn't taken personally, just don't get that.
E-7
Base Pay 3787
BAH882
Rations 202
Equals4871 a month
Don't forget that you pay nothing for medical insurance. And $1,000 of that is NON TAXABLE. Living "the high life"? No, but hardly poverty stricken.
add some kids to that.... 200 a month for food? Maybe if I ate top ramen.... there has also been recent targeted pay grades that have gotten bonus raises...
I think we should start a military thread like I said before....
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
I know.... but if I was living on base nothing would come out of my pocket.... except for my food.... it's an old system that didn't keepup with the economy.....
now... yeah... maybe the entire 1800 would have come out of my pocket.... but I make at least twice as much as I did back then.... So I really don't mind paying my $2000 mortage and taxes now.... Especially since I make in a week what I used to get for a 2 week check...
and then you pay taxes.... I said before that the biggest and best thing you could do for a soldier is to make their base pay tax exempt... that is the only thing that would bring a soldier up to standards....
now... yeah... maybe the entire 1800 would have come out of my pocket.... but I make at least twice as much as I did back then.... So I really don't mind paying my $2000 mortage and taxes now.... Especially since I make in a week what I used to get for a 2 week check...
and then you pay taxes.... I said before that the biggest and best thing you could do for a soldier is to make their base pay tax exempt... that is the only thing that would bring a soldier up to standards....
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
Oh I agree with the tax thing wholeheartedly! I do think that the base pay definitely needs to come up more. And it is ALOT better than when I came in. But you have too many people in Washington that don't agree
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RE: Picture of the Day for Doc Olds
Don't get me wrong.... had I not be medically retired.... I'd still be in and have only 6 more years left to retirement... and if the right Civilian job came up I would gladly transfer my 11 1/2 years over to that system....