Reply #8: I've seen a lot of retired military do very well

[Warpy]

as long as they didn't spend too much time facing bullets. They often become double dippers, getting another government job like postal worker, gaining them another government pension to add to the military pension. Others either retire on the pension and enjoy life or take civilian jobs.

Don't forget our military also have lives outside the military. They have wives/husbands and kids. There are plenty of life decisions that have to be made by someone who isn't in the military chain of command.

This sounds like the basic argument against socialism, that people who are guaranteed jobs and healthcare and the benefits of living in a civilized culture become weak and incapable of making decisions and caring for themselves.

Better the rugged individual, a dog to eat all other dogs first. That doesn't sound like the kind of world I want to live in. I'm just amazed that it's being sold by statements like that in the OP.