OT:Army Offers $20,000 Enlistment Bonus

In message news:cBVri.127897$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe17.lga, Moe sprach forth the following:

And the knowledge that you're smarter than your boss.

For some people, joining the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard) is a great way out of the ghetto or a great way to get discipline into one's life. The military can be a lifesaver worth the risk.

Jeff

My father said that it probably kept him out of jail or from joining the KKK.

Unfortunately some of the young fellows who like the idea of the $20 K bonus will spend it on a new car, which will attract the chicks, but at the cost of about $5 K worth of depreciation per year for the length of the enlistment. But if he's lucky he can be badly wounded, and bad enough so he'll be cashiered with a small pension. Pitiful.

I don't think you have the memories I have of fast cars and fast women, I'd do it all again.

Yeah, I suppose. But I went thru college with a succession of old beaters, finally ending up with a Pontiac convertible with a hole in the top bigger than a sunroof, and it got 10 MPG. The women were a different story....I knew that if they went out with me in such a POS, at least they had a sense of humor!

I didn't need the car, I was in a working band.

I'd do it again, too!

is that tax free? 20k in cash or in food stamps? =)