> As to these senior citizens giving this advice and me giving this advice: It is a solution for many people. The one that first triggered me was a senior citi

> As to these senior citizens giving this advice and me giving this advice: It is a solution for many people. The one that first triggered me was a senior citizen telling this to a high school dropout. Without a GED it's effectively impossible for a typical high school dropout to join the military in the US. And even with a GED there are absolute limits to the number of candidates they will accept. https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/can-you-join-the-military-with-a-ged/ https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/can-you-join-the-milit... Though apparently the US Army briefly relaxed this requirement last year: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-army-no-ged-high-school-diploma-needed-to-apply/ar-AAYQqTU https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-army-no-ged-high-school... > This is my main point, to both make and save money at the same time. It's a good point.