Billion Dollars for Bonuses

Don't get me wrong, but I'm fairly sure there are better ways to spend a billion dollars than on paying off our soldiers to re-enlist. These guys are heroes, yes, but so are teachers, and last time I checked, none of them got $150,000 bonuses for agreeing to stay on for another six years. Granted, they're not getting shot at and killed on a daily basis.

"Besides underscoring the extraordinary steps the Pentagon must take to maintain fighting forces, the rise in costs for re-enlistment incentives is putting strains on the defense budget, already strapped by the massive costs of waging war and equipping and caring for a modern military."

article from the MSNBC