E-1 currently makes $1516.20 a month. This is scheduled for a 1.5% increase in 2017 and another 1% in 2018. On top of wages, military compensation includes housing or housing allowance. Medical and dental insurance for enlisted personnel and family. Meals are included. Training? Do you think a burger flipper, as you call them, only flips burgers? I've worked my share of restaurants, and there's no such thing as "not my job". Unless you're an experienced cook, you usually don't start on the grill.
Minimum wage was set up to provide a minimum liveable wage for all employees. It was the understanding that a person
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