John Kerry WHY?!

Originally Posted by Revolution

This is actually not correct. The average income of the families of people joining the military over the last 5 years has increased. Poor people have other options due to low unemployment. Actually, there are quite a few middle class and even wealthy people that are buying the lies of George Bush and joining the military. 9-11 brought a ton of people into the military that would never have joined. Even poor guys like a millionaire NFL player, Pat Tillman joined.

Where are your sources? Of course the average income is going to increase if even a small number of rich kids enlist. That doesn't mean the majority of men and women in the military don't come from poor families.