Do your homework before writing

I would support a minimum wage of $8.92 per hour, as Mary Ann Gamegan-Richardson of Clovis has suggested (letter April 10), provided that employers also include the following to all employees: free food while at work, unlimited sick leave, 30 days paid vacation, free health care, free or subsidized housing, a retirement plan with zero employee contribution, guaranteed salary increases every two years, ample promotion opportunities and a clothing allowance.

These are just some of the forms of compensation that our military members receive in addition to their basic pay. I am not implying that being a junior enlisted member of the military is easy; it is not. I am not implying that our military members should not receive substantial increases in pay and compensation; they certainly should.

My point is that writers like Ms. Gamegan-Richardson should really do their homework before attempting to compare things that they really don’t know much about and not make comparisons of apples and oranges.

This story was originally published April 13, 2016 at 5:42 AM with the headline "Do your homework before writing."