+109 U.S troops shouldn't be paid millions of dollars. It would make people want to become soldiers just for the money. Someone should choose to be a soldier because they believe in keeping our country safe, not because they want be rich, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

then we wouldn't have an army or at least a very small one

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um....they are not paid millions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

op never said they were

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The OP's saying that because there a lot of people who want soldiers to be paid as much as pro athletes. I think soldiers deserve that money, but the OP has a good point.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Do research before you post things like this. Soldiers are not paid millions. The military is also a job that produces a lot of revenue for our country and provides other people with jobs. Have you ever served in any branch? It's not an easy job and it's not enough to be paid in "patriotism".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The OP isn't saying they're getting paid millions

by Anonymous 13 years ago

By saying they shouldn't be, some people think that OP thinks they are. Which is understandable.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think this was a retaliation post to those "soldiers should be paid as much as football players" posts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This post isn't saying they do make a million dollars. I think OP is criticizing the people who say they should be paid millions of dollars.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd rather our soldiers be payed millions of dollars for serving our country and risking their life on the front line, instead of giving that money to athletes who are paid way more than they should

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I disagree. athletes are paid this way, because they are the best. soldiers aren't the best, they are just willing. if they were paid millions, more would be willing for the wrong reasons.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah I see your point and I'm not saying athletes shouldn't be payed a lot, I'm just saying how much money should we pay them? The average NFL player makes 1.4 million dollars a year. Do they really need that much?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no that point understand. on top of that they went on strike.I think football is stupid, so that even furthers my agreement. on the other hand the average MLS player is payed under 250k... cmon!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Athletes are paid based on how valuable they are to their owners. The owners money has nothing to do with you, unless you're buying merchandise for that team. The military, on the other hand, is paid by the government. All the people saying they want soldiers paid more would be the same ones bitching because their taxes just shot up because of the rising pay for those same soldiers.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No shit soliders shouldn't be paid millions... But they still deserve more than they get, and politicians deserve less than they do.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A lot of us join because of the shitty economy and for college money. I joined because I want to fight for what's right, but not a lot of us joined for that reason. But I've noticed that most people in the homefront are a LOT worse than the enemies that we're trained to fight.

by Anonymous 13 years ago