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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by mason240 on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @04:57PM (#11810169)
You can also retire from the US military after 20 years (so as young as 38), which would be a pretty large population to study.
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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by oldsj on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @10:41PM (#11811772)
True but almost no one actually does retire. You get about 1500-2000 a month as an enlisted retiree which most people would have to support a family with.
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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @04:58PM (#11810181)
> You can also retire from the US military after 20 years (so as young as 38)

37 -- minimum enlistment age is 17 with parental consent.

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