froggy

i am not saying folks go into the service for big bucks, but i am saying i doubt there are a lot of soldiers you work with who passed up $100,000/year or even $50,000/year salaries to join the army.

i speculate that a lot of people sign up largely because it's a way to get your education paid for. that has been the case for the people i have met, at least.

anyway, my problem is ultimately that the people who benefit the least from the nation's prosperity (lower class families) are asked to make the biggest sacrifice to maintain the way of life we all enjoy. and i don't just mean our freedom, which i tend to feel was safer without the current joker in the big house, but oil and territory and all of that stuff.

p.s. i am going to add you as a friend, hope that's not too forward of me...