"I never met a veteran who fought for socialism". Comebacks, please?

[haele]

97. The US Military is the oldest and largest Socialist organizations in the US

1. Guaranteed regular meals, housing, and appropriate clothing.
2. Guaranteed vacation and holiday hours, wages and supplemental pay as required, re-enlistment bonuses and opportunities for promotion, no matter what work level they are actually at - even if there's "nothing to do" for six months, they get full pay, supplemental wages.
3. Guaranteed training and further educational opportunities.
3. Guaranteed pension and employment benefits.
4. Access to Single payer health-care for you and your dependents. Sick leave as needed.
5. Regulations - lots of them - outlining operational processes, safety requirements, and personnel activities.
6. Taxpayer-funded recreational opportunities (low-cost tickets and travel agency, gyms, bowling alleys, sports rentals - including boats - theaters, hotels, camping areas) and family benefits, including family housing, schools, moving expenses and daycare. Taxpayer funded/Sales-tax-free (in most cases) low-cost shopping and grocery locations (Imagine a strip-mall with a Sears and a major full-service grocery store with Walmart pricing and no local sales taxes...)
7. Retire after 20 years - so you can potentially retire at 38 years of age! - with full pension, health-care, and residual benefits such as access to most base services, low-cost loans for housing and businesses, advanced education tuition payments, insurance and death benefits.

All this for putting up with months of boredom interspersed with a few hours of adrenaline-fueled panic.

Sounds very socialist to me. The veteran didn't have to fight for socialism, he just engaged in it while he was active duty.

Now, the caveat is that you do have to maintain the standards required to get into this wonderful organization, and you have to meet the goals they set for you and be able to advance, but most young people who join have the capability to enjoy all these benefits if they can make the 20 year mark without screwing up.

Haele (Veteran and History buff...)