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April 24, 2007

 

Bearing the Burden of the Iraq War?

An Analysis of the Demographics of Casualties in the Global War on Terrorism, By Randy Rotte

With the recent calls of Congress to enlarge the ranks of the U.S. military and the almost daily casualties being sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan, the question of who is bearing the burden of military service has been raised, just as it has been in prior conflicts. One argument that is commonly made is that the all-volunteer military disproportionately puts the burden of war on minorities and lower-income families. In light of the current global war on terrorism and the sacrifices being made by service members throughout the world, this argument warrants analysis.

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Did You Know?

Did you know that only 29 percent of African American adults surveyed in an October-November 2005 Joint Center poll expected Social Security to be their major source of retirement income? Fewer of them (20 percent) expected an employer-sponsored pension plan to be their major source of income, and more (42 percent) expected that their major source of income would be their own retirement savings and investments.

Source: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, National Opinion Poll of African American Adults About Social Security and Wealth, 2005.