Part of the great secret. We try to live on as little as possible to pocket the excess money like a pay raise. When they provide the room, you loose that benefit. The whole purpose of a job is not to see the USA on your resume', it is to make and keep as much net money as possible. It is the capitalist's way.
just so long as you are telling the IRS you are doing that,...
and do not paint ALL nukeworkers with the same broad brush,...
pay is pay,...
per diem is per diem,...
and the expectation is that ALL the per diem is used to cover ALL of the expenses,...
per diem IS NOT a pay raise nor is it pay,...
pay is taxable,...regardless of the income source,...
to admit otherwise is to scoff the law,...
scoffing the law is not nuclear,...
can we move past this now?!?!?!?!?