My father was career Air Force. The base commander came to him once, and told him that half of the privates on the base were having trouble paying their bills to the local merchants. The merchants complained to the commander, and one of the commander's jobs is to be a good neighbor in the community.
The privates were all paid the same, and lived on base housing, with base furniture, etc., all supplied. Health care was free. Half would do fine, the other half ran out of money halfway between paychecks, and would resort to harassing others for loans, not pay back debts, etc/
He ordered my father to help the half that could not manage their finances. So he'd bring them into the office, go over how they handled money, prepared budgets for them, etc. He was very frustrated because this was a complete failure. He was unable to help them.
The privates were all paid the same, and lived on base housing, with base furniture, etc., all supplied. Health care was free. Half would do fine, the other half ran out of money halfway between paychecks, and would resort to harassing others for loans, not pay back debts, etc/
He ordered my father to help the half that could not manage their finances. So he'd bring them into the office, go over how they handled money, prepared budgets for them, etc. He was very frustrated because this was a complete failure. He was unable to help them.