Right, so without your 10 bucks they could send soldiers to war without food. But that would violate the manual or whatever, so they couldn't go through with it. Now, thanks to your 10 bucks, they'll be able to finance.
So instead of sitting home in a bunker reading comic books because the Pentagon can't afford war, your buddies will now be shipped out to Afghanistan.
I bet they'll be loving it. "Hey Aaron, thanks for the good eatin! We gots to finish this meal, it could be our last."