What Is The Point Of Risking Your Life In The Military To Protect The Right Of Billionaires To

[midwest irish]

22. Raise economic status

I grew up in a working class/poor area. People join the military here do so because it is a way to get a skill they can market, get a paycheck, and some college credits (or pay for college). They say it is for love of country and patriotism and all that. I think that is just what they say (both to others and especially themselves) to giver their decision a nobler of more benevolent purpose. In actuality, middle class and upper middle class kids dont join the military...at least not in the numbers that the poor do. Are the poor more patriotic? Do the poor benefit so much more from our economic system that they are willing to die for it?

I bought a gift certificate from Walmart and on the way back to my car some Marine Corps recruiters approached me in the parking lot and asked if I wanted to sign up. I wonder if that same thing happens in the parking lots of country clubs?????