Would it take for you to work in iraq? I don't think I would go, but 500gs would make me think about it.
The only thing I would accept in payment for going there is a guarantee that we would get out of there within a year. I would also consider going there if the administration admitted to the public that they made a mistake, falsified intelligence, lied to get us there or admit that they had no idea what the hell they were getting into.
I got a friend over there doing construction. He is making quite a bit. He travels the world for free on his time off too.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_mideast_08_09.asp According to this: Private U.S. contractors in security and reconstruction projects in Iraq have accounted for nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. casualties in Iraq since the American invasion in 2003. Many of the contractors were employed in the private security sector and bolstered the U.S. military presence. The U.S. Labor Department said 1,001 civilian contractors had died in Iraq as of June 30, 2007. The department said 84 contractors were killed in the second quarter of this year. In the first official figures, the department said at least 231 contractors working for U.S. firms have died in Iraq in 2007.
My company offered any of our Arab speaking workers 3.5 months salary to make two trips to Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) to close a business deal. We had one taker and he returned home safe reporting no problem. He did have security, but that part of Northern Iraq is supposedly quite safe.
As soon as public service ceases to be the main concern of the citizens and they come to prefer to serve the state with their purse rather than their person, the state is already close to ruin. Are troops needed to march to war? They pay mercenaries and stay at home. Is it time to go to an assembly? They pay deputies and stay at home. Thanks to the laziness and money, they end up with soldiers to enslave the country and deputies to sell it. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I think it depends on what job I was doing. If I was teaching children then I would probably do it for 200k. If I wasn't with my wife I would probably do it for half that, or even less. Maybe for just enough to cover my expenses over there.
If I could go and do engineering for infrastructure, I'd do it for $300K. I think that it would be worthwhile, and while there'd be significant risk, that much money would put me way ahead when I got back (if I got back). Other than that, I don't think I'd go at all.
Yeah exactly. I would think about working in Kurdistan for a little while for a good chunk of money. Plus I'm brown so I can blend in pretty well.
Seriously? That's very nice. Even if it doesn't pose any danger.. wouldn't you want to be paid a little bit more anyways since you're away from your wife and family?
You don't my wife! J/K I was saying that I might be willing to do that if I wasn't married. I don't have any children anyway. I think it would be a valuable experience for me. Something monumental that most folks don't ever get a chance to experience in their lives, and that's primarily why I would do it. Of course I wouldn't turn down more money for it, but if I had the opportunity and was single I might do it for very little.
