Roman Scum

This will probably land me tons of hate but I don't care. I'm a pleb, so I'm gonna talk about plebeian things. The fact of the matter is this: there are tons of professions which are far more dangerous than serving in the legions. Even those actually on campaign in Gaul. Why should a legionary be "entitled" to anything that a miner, sewer worker, or quarry laborer isn't entitled to? What does our Republic need more of at the moment? Silver workers and masons, or killing Germanic kids across the Rhine for the benefit of the Senate’s aerarium? I have more respect for these guys than I do for most "run of the mill" legionarii. Some centurions did incredibly brave and heroic things far above comprehension. Some of them moved the baggage train between castra aestiva "outside the wire" and never saw a single spear head their way. I worked in fenus nauticum prior to this industry and saw plenty of permanently disabled and/or killed cetarii over 10 years. Nobody's talking about those guys or their families being exempted from property tax or some other special entitlement. Can we all just be honest about this?