The only thing that “trickles down” is wet and warm, and often yellow.
And speaking of yellow”¦ while the vast majority of today’s politicians – those so enamored of sending our kids off to war – were enjoying multiple draft deferments or cushy gigs with the Texas Air National Guard I and my compatriots were pulling down multiple 24, 36 and 72 hour patrols in-country.
I don’t much like Ron Paul, but at least when he was drafted, he went.