[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Rich people don't fight unless drafted, and even then, they try to serve in the National guard Air force.
Can you tell me one single case of a rich guy that didn't flee his country at the time of need?

Oh yeah, I know some, but they are few and far in between.

It would be useless to try to give you examples, your mind is made up of course. But a lot depends on how you define "rich people".

First of all, most rich people are older, or they wouldn't have had time to get rich. I am assuming you are complaining about the kids of rich people as I for one would prefer not to have the military made up of a bunch of middle aged and older Mister Magoo's and Thurston Howell's.

And you are going to see fewer son's of rich people in the service then you will son's of non-rich people if for no other fact then there are more non-rich people then rich people.

So the question is are rich people's sons represented proptionally to the overall population. I don't know if they are or not. I don't have any stats on that. It wouldn't suprise me though if they weren't. Typically rich people have higher levels of education, and I have seen statistics that show non-college educated are more proportionally represented in the armed services. Although that may not be true anymore, at least in the US. Probably still is though, and it very likely is true in other countries.

But your comment is pretty ridiculous cause their have been numerous examples of sons and daughters of rich people in every war ever fought.

Geoschmo

[ May 19, 2003, 16:28: Message edited by: geoschmo ]