I keep seeing people saying that people who serve in the military keep forgetting it's the civilians who pay their wages. It's civilians who pay taxes.
I don't know about everyone else who served, but I payed both state and federal taxes every year. So, do we not also contribute?
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I tell the same thing to anyone telling me that. It usually shuts them up too
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Who pays a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman's wages?
I keep seeing people saying that people who serve in the military keep forgetting it's the civilians who pay their wages. It's civilians who pay taxes.
I don't know about everyone else who served, but I payed both state and federal taxes every year. So, do we not also contribute?
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barbamatt
I am a veteran...so I can see where you think that and I agree to some point.
I also am aware that there are more civilians paying taxes for our government to run, and the military is a portion of those taxes....
I used to work with a nurse who was a civilian who threw up the taxes thing all the time until she seemed a bit rude about it. I don't like it when people get rude about it...it is like telling the cop that pulled you over when you were wrong, that you pay his salary.
But I do believe that the military is paid by many civilians...and for that we should be thankful for our jobs and our ability to serve and we should be good stewards of tax payer money. We all know that there is waste, fraud and abuse within any government organization...so we should try to stop that type of stuff when we see it...
Chris A
"Civilians" don't pay the military. The government does. That's an important distinction. The people surrender a certain amount of their native freedom and sovereignty--and money--to the government in exchange for services and security. The government, in turn, spends it however they see fit. The people can change the government if they don't think they're getting their money's worth, but it is incorrect to say that the people are the government, and therefore incorrect to say that the people carry out any particular action of the government, such as raising and supporting armies.