Supply & Demand of Military Allocations

How the recent changes to defense budget have not saved us one cent
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/chuck-hagel-pentagon-budget-cuts-defense-103854.html US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reaffirmed his proposal to cut the US Army troop count back to preWWII levels and to discontinue the use of some old military technology, stating that a smaller and more modern military will be more formidable than a larger and dated one. However, at a very low cost; the military defense financial budget will remain untouched. The logic behind the decision here seems to be simple: instead of spending money paying more troops to be active and deployed, pay more money to development of military technology. But what can this mean for the American economy; the blue collar American dream? Pushing more demand into development of new technology and weapons (all white-collar or tertiary production jobs) catalyzes the division of an already shrinking middle class, and to cut the beloved troops in America is horrible for public opinion. Would an increase of the supply for development opportunities and a decline in the demand for troops reach an equilibrium point peacefully, through bipartisan cooperation, and a united national opinion? Has anything regarding the military successfully passed as a bi-partisan bill in the post-9/11 America? The development of technology in todays day and age seems to be almost detrimental to the middle and working class, as all blue-collar jobs are quickly being replaced with IT level management jobs of a few computers and machines. In the next ten years, will it even be possible to distinguish between a nocollar and a blue-collar worker? What opportunity costs will the average American have to consider when entering the job market after graduation High School or University in the year 2027? Perhaps at this age we are at a disadvantage, as we are just old enough to be studying the older economic decisions, just young enough to be shaped by our dependence on technology, but just in-between enough to not be in control of either.