Maybe I'm splitting hairs but saying something like "The top 1 percent rarely serve in the military . . ." without pointing to any data gives me an allergic re

Maybe I'm splitting hairs but saying something like "The top 1 percent rarely serve in the military . . ." without pointing to any data gives me an allergic reaction. Is that true? The closest I could find is: "Members of the all-volunteer military are significantly more likely to come from high-income neighborhoods than from low-income neighborhoods. Only 11 percent of enlisted recruits in 2007 came from the poorest one-fifth (quintile) of neighborhoods, while 25 percent came from the wealthiest quintile." To be fair the above data is measuring the top 20% (quintile) vs 1%, but that group still earns 50% of the overall wealth in America: Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United... and http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/08/who-serves-in-the-us-military-the-demographics-of-enlisted-troops-and-officers http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/08/who-serves-...