The best thing you can do during your last year of active-duty
Your retirement age will be upper-30s to 50. Terrific health care benefits via your military service (until you turn 65). Wonderful knowledge and experience during your active-duty years, highly sought after military service. Many with at least a Bachelors Degree. But those military retirement checks will not be enough to provided us with a great life, maybe not even a GOOD life. Most of us will get another job/career…and soon.
We know that every military base, and every military camp is a city…and that we have operated these cities well. American cities today are becoming ruined by bureaucratic largess, especially their salaries and benefits; already at crisis levels in many locations. We, collectively, can solve this, by jumping into the ongoing “contracting-out” process, but in a very big way.
So as not to pay for expensive health care nor expensive retirements, many cities contract with private companies for rubbish collection, and/or janitorial needs, and/or golf course management, etc. The more practical and frugal cities do NOT hire an expensive “City Attorney,” but also have contracts with outside law firms for legal work.
Another extremely costly position is “City Manager,” frequently costing Taxpayers at least $300,000 yearly. Yet we know that with at least 4 years of military service, any officer or NCO will be able to perform these tasks as well as anybody, to include people with college majors called “Urban Studies.”
Here’s your challenge during your last year of active duty, especially to those who will continue to reside close to the military installation that you retire-out from. Form a corporation that can fill EVERY position within that nearby city.
But not police and fire, because these careers always need younger people, like what we just went through. Recruit people who are on active-duty with you, soon to begin their lesser-paid military retirement. Decline costly health insurance provided by Taxpayers. Accept pay schedules that are 25% less than what Taxpayers are providing.
Your corporation will sign a contract with the City to provide ALL existing services, less police and fire, for 25% less than what is being currently taken from Taxpayers. Yes, this is a good challenge, but definitely not our first challenge. Good careers/jobs for us, and big savings for Taxpayers. If this isn’t a Win-Win situation, what is??
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