I hate to bring up another point, but when it cost $250k to send a kid to the academy and up to $125k for ROTC, and OCS is not free either can anyone see why this country is at a something trillion dollar debt. While this figures get exasperated with the 2000 $2million tomahawks that we decorated the Iraqi landscape with, lets assume that quite a few of those 418 were academy and rotc (300, half each)thats a cool $60 million dollars down the tubes, not including the 118 OCSers left. A conversation in congress "60 mil eh no biggie, thats pocket change when its not our money. What would the american people do if there was no national debt, it would be choas in the street, we really need to waste some more money, and while where at it, lets F*** some good people's lives, too! You know just for sh!ts and giggles, because we are only the most powerful nation in the world, we don't know how to plan for a down turn in the economy, that probably is not fueld by us wasting a$$loads of money on voting our raises and making sure we all retire with a better retirement plan after two years of congressional service, than someone who has 30 years of military service" Ahh, isnt america so grand? If every congress person took a $30k/yr pay cut, which they all could generously afford, thats 535 officers between the branches that could keep their jobs, so maybe not everyone gets a second chance but mroe could. Although, that would definatly hinder on Congress doing something for America, what a novel concept.
