Originally Posted by SgtB,Jul 21 2009, 09:30 AM

If military spending was cut, contracts would be cut first. The ARMY would still keep it's current force and weapons systems along with the include maintenance programs and contracts. Development and expansion would be hit first. Soldiers sign on with contracts. Those contracts protect the soldier and the government. They can't take your pay, bonuses, or any other benefit promised to you in writing, so the soldier isn't impacted as hard by cuts. Their is a simple solution to the military's spending involving scale, but that's for other topics to discuss.

I'm still insulted that you think soldiers in general are dumb. Their is a percentage of stupid people in every group, but there are some highly intelligent people among the ranks. Many pursue their masters degrees.

The simple fact of the matter is NASA spends 13billion of a 3trillion dollar budget. America spends 500billion on tobacco each year. Believe what you want, I'm just putting that out there. Good day.