I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately

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119. he's not gonna be the first

I quit my job with the USAF back in November 1986.

True, part of the reason was that I was bored and hated working 45 hours a week, with five hours of commuting weekly.

But another part was that I did not want to be part of Reagan's war machine.

I was a GS-9 when I quit and was promised two more promotions, one each year until I reached GS-12. Pretty decent money.

As I say it, I jumped off the good job train, and have been unable to get back on since. GS-7 paid almost 300% of the poverty line. And since quitting I have been spending much of my life below 150% of the poverty line http://upload.democraticunderground.com/1002625762

And the war machine has hardly slowed a step, and now in the media, members of the war machine are hailed as heroes who "serve their country". I could have been one of those heroes, making over 500% of the poverty line income and being honored for how I "serve my country", just like a major (O-5) in the Air Force or Army.