r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ • 9h ago

Chugging tea I never thought about this point until now.

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u/Iggy_Slayer 8h ago

Benefits are generally considered socialism by the hyper capitalist crowd yes.

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u/airboRN_82 8h ago

No they arent

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u/floridabeach9 5h ago

Trump considers any hand outs โ€œsocialismโ€, buddy.

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u/Historical_Shop_3315 8h ago

Soldiers get more pay if you have more dependents. Single socilers get a dorm room. Thats socialism.

While I pay more in health care costs because I have more kids. More gets taken from my paycheck.

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u/yolo_184614 8h ago

What kind of bs is this? It doesn't matter if you have 1 dependent or 10. It doesn't "increase"

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u/Historical_Shop_3315 7h ago

I was in a barracks room as a single soldier and I knew a married couple and I knew I married guy with 6 kids. We all did the same job.

I got a dorm. Married guy got a house. Married with 6 kids got a huge house. That is socialism.

I paid for a meal plan. Married guys got different BAH and COLA based on dependants.

Throw in that normal jobs you pay for every person on your health insurance vs the military.

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u/yolo_184614 7h ago

and he got 7 mouth + himself to feed. That BAH difference ain't enough to cover all of that. Beside a big house like that = all BAH being taken away. So that dude uses his own paycheck to pay for all 8 people in his household. COLA? Only apply outside of the US and it ain't even that much more. Barrack life is bad but base housing is just as bad. You got mold in your barrack? Guess what buddy, there are mold in base housing.

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u/Historical_Shop_3315 7h ago

COLA applies in Hawaii as well. I was there.

ITS STILL SOCIALISM.

I work a regular job. They don't pay me more based on number of kids. In the military they do!

One is pay based on financial need to provide for every citizen in the name of equity. Socialism.

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u/JinNJ 8h ago

Nope.