{"id":113716,"date":"2021-05-19T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113716"},"modified":"2021-05-18T21:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:56:47","slug":"op-ed-raise-military-pay-to-match-minimum-wage-for-federal-contract-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=113716","title":{"rendered":"OP Ed: Raise military pay to match minimum wage for federal contract employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well now this just makes too much sense. I’m not gonna hold my breath for some executive action on this one.<\/p>\n

Military Times Op Ed<\/a>;<\/p>\n

On April 27, 2021, President Biden boldly signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract employees to $15 per hour. According to the accompanying White House fact sheet, this \u201censures that hundreds of thousands of workers no longer have to work full time and still live in poverty.\u201d In pursuing this laudable goal, the president has effectively made the federal minimum wage for unskilled contractor workers $31,000 a year.<\/p>\n

My question is why is the contractor slinging hash in the mess hall making nearly 60 percent more than the private who is willing to risk everything for his country standing in the chow line? Currently, a new enlistee in the armed forces makes $1,650.30 per month, or roughly $19,803 annualized \u2014 an $11,400 difference. This works out to about $9.52 per hour \u2014 only if you make the fantastical assumption that new soldiers work only 40 hours a week. It takes a service member serving in the pay grade E-4 with three years of service to make the kind of scratch the dishwasher makes. To fix this, not only does pay for new enlistees need to increase by more than 57 percent, but the raise needs to be applied across the board. You cannot have privates making more than sergeants. Or sergeants more than lieutenants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source. Since military votes tend to skew to the Republican side, I expect this to be as popular as a fart in church with the current ruling party.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for the story tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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