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Originally Posted by stripersnipr
The very basis for Rangels proposal is incorrect. His statement that the military disproprtionately consists of those of lower social bearing (Undeducated, poor, and minorities) is completely false.
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Actually, Rangel's statements (as he's made them) seem to be supported by Pentagon statistics and non-partisan research done over the past few years.
- Nearly 1/2 of new recruits came from lower-middle-class to poor households
- Nearly 2/3 of Army recruits in 2004 came from counties in which median household income is below the U.S. median
- All of the Army's top 20 counties for recruiting had lower-than-national median incomes, 12 had higher poverty rates, and 16 were non-metropolitan
Source: Washington Post
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Rangel's comments in this context and it would seem as though his argument is more compelling than you might think.
-spence