Let's watch the MAGA's heads explode explaining this one:

[Baitball Blogger]

20. The light bulb will go on any minute.

In a private business, perks can be offered and no one will think twice, because all the money is coming from the corporation.

On the other hand, the only reason people get perturbed about the terms communism and socialism is because these are forms of government, which determine how taxpayer money is spent. The Republicans are upset because a socialist country will mandate certain benefits to the public, so the Right has demonized those programs. Yet, those same programs are used as incentives for civilians to work for the military or to serve in the military. Bottomline, they aren't opposed to using socialist benefits for their own purposes.

In fact, if they wanted to be truly pure about it, maybe they should do away with the perks and raise everyone's salary in the military?