Quote Originally Posted by Tock View Post
From what I understand, Congressman Rangel is pushing for this because
almost all of the guys in the military come from low-income backgrounds, which means that while the guys running big businesses and political policy makers decide when Americans go to war, it's the poor folks who have to wage the war & get killed on the front lines.

His idea is that if all the children of rich people have to fight wars and get shot at and killed the same way that poor people do, then politicians would be more likely to think twice before waging war on anyone.

The logic makes sense to me.
No one makes Americans enter into the military. It is up to each individual to follow their own path. What if there was no military for them to join, what would they do with their lives then? I see the military as an opportunity for many. My grandpa, dad, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, father-in-law, and (3) cousins joined the military. None of them were poor and none of them joined to become an officer.............