You'll get no arguement on that from me. People enlist for a variety of reasons, call to serve, patriotism, a desire to return something to their country, even adventure and travel. It was my experience that money was pretty far down the list. But JBlain seems to think that it's all a matter of throwing more cash at people. I was wondering if that would work for him, and if it wouldn't then what made him think it would work for others?
Yeah, your question (about money) makes sense. And I agree with you that for most people, money is a relatively small part of the motivation -- the kind of folks who are qualified for military service are the same folks who can make a very nice living for themselves in other ways also.