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Originally Posted by Bronko
If I answered from my personal observations the answer is yes.
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I think that's the rub, obviously with more service members coming from the south and west...you will have communities that are impacted more and more. But even in RI every so often there's bad news...
But this isn't just a military demographic question. Given the desire to keep the consumer driven economy pumping does the average person really think about Americans overseas while they clammer through a Wal-Mart parking lot at 5am to score some Black Friday goods?
According to experts this war will cost well north of a
trillion dollars over this decade while the income gap widens nationally and the National Debt mounts. We all know who can better afford to pay taxes without impacting quality of life.
So it would seem that the military is leaning on poorer communities for recruitment while the Federal Government is leaning on the middle class taxpayer to foot the bill.
Again, this is about the ability to shoulder the "burden" for their policy.
Agree or not 100% I do think Rangel is bringing up a very thoughtful point.
-spence