I wish we had more "dumb" soldiers like the ones Sen Kerry tells us are in Iraq. I think we need a few of these guys and girls running our school systems,our local and state governments because that is where things will get done in this country. Relying on those fat cats in Washington both Democrats and Republicans to take care of our problems is a waste of time and money and they have proven that time after time.The Heritage Foundation did a study of who enlists in the military.
The Facts About Today’s Soldiers
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The average reading level of new soldiers is roughly a full grade level higher than their civilian peers’.
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Enlistees’ high school graduation rate was 97 percent in 2003, 2004, and 2005. The civilian graduation rate is seventeen percentage points lower.
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The wealthiest 40 percent of neighborhoods in America are the home of 45.6 percent of 2005 enlistees. For every two U.S. recruits from the poorest neighborhoods, three come from the richest.
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There is no statistical evidence to support the claim that minorities are being targeted or exploited for military service. The 100 zip codes with the highest proportions of African-Americans were actually under-represented among military enlistees in 2005.
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Every U.S. military recruit of the last 33 years has been a volunteer.
See Tim Kane, Ph.D., “Who Are the Recruits? The Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Enlistment, 2003–2005,” Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis Report No. 06-09, October 27, 2006, at www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda06-09.cfm.
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