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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by isoskeles on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:11PM (#21182543)
Generals are not paid that well, at least not compared to a Silicon Valley software engineer's salary. I think they make ~$200k (https://militarypay.defense.gov/Portals/3/Documents/ActiveDu...), so if any of them are obscenely wealthy, best guess is they make a lot of money off of "speaking events" like any other person with political connections.
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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by sidlls on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:09PM (#21183265)
They also have many other benefits, including housing subsidies, commissary access, essentially free health care, etc. Officers especially are compensated very well.
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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by sigstoat on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:45PM (#21183751)
combat zone pay, as well, perhaps?

seems like a general with a 40 year career who could (and did) save all of his money could have accumulated a few million dollars in cars without very many shenanigans, if that was their sole financial goal in life.

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