Active duty manpower priced itself out of market?

Interesting view on the sins of DOD manpower growth:

"The personnel budget went up 40 percent in real dollars between 2001 and 2010. Active duty manpower went up only 3 percent. That's why you have so many civilians and contractors, and that's why you had so many reserve components called up to fill active duty roles. They couldn't afford active duty personnel," he said. "The buildup during the post-9/11 period was all in the civilian area because active duty manpower had essentially priced itself out of the market. Previous drawdowns have always gone back to about to about $400 billion in fiscal 2013 dollars. This one is going to go down to about $510 billion. It's more than $100 billion extra for a force that's one-third smaller than the one we had in 1978. This is internal cost growth."

H/T- Doctrine Man