When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers

Re:When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers by liquidise on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:11PM (#37807261)

I’m more surprised that 80%+ of generals feel they need to work after their discharge.

The presumption that employing former generals impacts the military spending budgets is, if true, a failure of the legislature and the budgetary councils, not these former government employees moving onto private sector jobs.

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Re:When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers by ajcp on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:20PM (#37807312)

The type person who makes O-9 or O-10 is one that just needs to always be working. It's no different than C-suite executives in any other field: they go insane if they're not doing *something*, so why not do something they've spent 30+ years being successful at.

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Re:When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers by AustinDev on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:17PM (#37807297)

You get 2x-4x salary. Your military retirement + full healthcare and your mid 6 figs from Lockheed and friends. Why wouldn't you?

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Re:When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers by paulddraper on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:58PM (#37807517)

> I’m more surprised that 80%+ of generals feel they need to work after their discharge.

Would you be surprised if I told you that tech CEO's don't base their employment on financial need?

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