Well TEX (if that's your real name) a person can serve in the military and wonder where they're going to lay their head down at the end of the day or they can get on with the fire department and go home nearly every night. A military person has little choice where they go or what they do after signing their name on the line. A fire fighter can just quit if he (or she) is asked to do something they consider too dangerous. They could probably just refuse to do it and get suspended (not jailed like a soldier). In this case the fire fighters union leaders took them out of the social security web (that means they got to keep that extra 12.4%) but the retired soldier can get social security when he reaches the right age. Once again, this is the fault of the leadership and not the taxpayer. Originally Posted by JD BarleycornWell JD Idiot (and that is your real name) "ittle things like facts (and historical context) do not matter when there's some sort of partisan axe (for you) to grind."
Thanks CM!