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Originally Posted by spence
Actually, Rangel's statemes (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
-spence |
Thats interesting when compared to these DOD statistics.
The overwhelming majority of military personnel killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq — nearly 74 percent — have been white. Hispanic/Latino deaths make up about 11.5 percent; blacks account for less than 10 percent. Yet, the overall U.S. population of more than 300 million is 14 percent Hispanic and 12 percent black.