are there other options to serve our country and still get great federal benefits?
2006-09-20 10:50:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
Some benefits are the same (such as the right to retire and draw a pension after 20 years of service), some aren't (there is no combat pay in the Postal Service).
As to serving the country, you are confusing serving the country with serving the government. These are not the same. If you want to serve your country, the best place to do so is in education and healthcare, not in the government.
2006-09-20 13:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who work on border patrol aren't serving the country, they are serving corporate capitalists and an administration not of the people, but of itself.
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2006-09-20 18:00:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they are not the same. Although, some of the "border patrol" is military. A group of our National Guard just returned from patrolling the border.
2006-09-20 17:52:54 · answer #3 · answered by janice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Completely different benefit systems, no access to VA hospitals, no GI bill, no veterans preference etc. But there are health and life insurance, thrift savings plan (sort of a 401k) and things like that.
2006-09-20 17:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the benefits are not the same.
2006-09-20 17:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋