A few references in F911 suggests that the pay is enormous. A solider is shown complaining that the private contractors who do his job get five times the wage or something.
The problem for me is not that the grunts (who are risking their lives) get a lot of money. The problem for me is that 1) this war is a crime against humanity and 2) the people who hire the grunts make a hundred or a thousand more than the grunts.
But that's class warfare as usual...
Joanna
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> Does anyone have information regarding how much American workers, like
> construction helpers, truck drivers,
> and general semi-skilled labor are making in wages in Iraq? I worked
> for Boeing when I was just out of high
> school almost 40 years ago and I was making close to double what my
> parents were making as professionals.
>
> My point is that, I think American taxpayers would be "up in arms" if
> they knew what the the private contractors
> in Iraq and defense contractors in general pay for entry level jobs.
>
> I apologize if my first post is not appropriate to the list.
>
> Thanks,
> d
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