Ahh, John Kerry - Ya Gotta Love Him

Senator Kerry stepped in it again and his timing was pretty bad. We think we can accept that he was trying to slam President Bush (although his own university performance was rather lackluster "his own self") and blew the joke. Never the less, it provides an opportunity to examine the myth, promoted by anti-military types, that the poor make up the majority of those that serve.


The facts simply don't bear this out:




The military really doesn't ask how much money your parents make when they sign you up. However, they do ask you what zip code you are from, and this analysis seems to belie the assumption, showing the army is actually made up disproportionately of recruits from the richest rather than the poorest zip codes.