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To: Rock_nj who wrote (136472)	6/13/2004 11:33:35 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 281500

That number is presently serving. If you toss in the veterans and those who now are too young but will serve, that number will be much higher.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (136472)	6/13/2004 11:50:21 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Respond to of 281500

To that you need to add the military oriented part of the industrial and educational sector. Not only in percentage of people involved but in percent of GNP. Then you get a feel for the size of the problem. "The defense industry now employs 2.2 million people, about 2% of the civilian workforce. In Fiscal Year 1999 the Department of Defense awarded $118 billion to contractors for goods and services." cdi.org In 1999 16% of the GNP was to be allocated to defense spending. csis.org I suspect that that number is much higher today.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (136472)	6/13/2004 12:08:17 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You asked about the percentage of Americans serving in the military, and seemed to be impressed with the reply, and then you made your comment. I am just curios - if the percentage would be different, would that make any difference in your thinking? TIA.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (136472)	6/13/2004 12:31:53 PM
From: quehubo	Respond to of 281500

<<I find that astounding that less than 1% of the U.S. population is part of the military institution that holds so much sway over all of our lives>> You do realize that the military is serving the country at our request, not the other way around.