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OBGibby
11-18-2009, 06:21 PM
Retired military officers cash in as well-paid consultants (http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-11-17-military-mentors_N.htm)

USA Today - Tom Vanden (http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Tom+Vanden%22&scoring=n), Ken Dilanian (http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Ken+Dilanian%22&scoring=n) - ‎14 hours ago‎
Most of the retired officers, one to four stars in rank, have been paid hundreds of dollars an hour by the military even as they worked for companies ...

"WASHINGTON - Six months after Marine Lt. Gen. Gary McKissock retired in 2002, he did what many other ex-military leaders do: He joined the board of directors of a defense contractor, a company doing business with his former service.

McKissock also had a second job. The Marines brought him back as an adviser, at double the rate of pay he made on active duty. Since 2005, the Marines have awarded McKissock contracts worth $1.2 million, in addition to his military pension of about $119,000 a year.

McKissock is one of at least 158 retired admirals and generals the Pentagon has hired to offer advice under an unusual arrangement................. "
nnuut
11-18-2009, 07:20 PM
Triple DIPPERS??:suspicious:
phil
11-18-2009, 08:00 PM
Revolving Door. And people criticize Congress for ethics violations.
nnuut
11-18-2009, 09:05 PM
I was offered a contractor's job but turned it down. Where is there WORK in the word RETIRE?:D 7276
Frixxxx
11-18-2009, 09:32 PM
I was offered a contractor's job but turned it down. Where is there WORK in the word RETIRE?:D

Good on ya Norm, let us youngins do the work..... What's that in your glass?:cool:
les2l8
11-19-2009, 01:24 AM
The free market at work. Good for those who have a service or expertise in a field to be compensated. Like my son tells me all the time "I want to get paid".
phil
11-19-2009, 01:37 AM
Free Market? No, it sounds more like the furthurance of an agenda.
Consulting: If there's little money to be made in solutions, there's tons of dough in creating the problem.


Discovery
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A company that will go to the ends of the Earth for its people will find it can hire them for about 10% of the cost of Americans.