Posted on 10/21/2014 3:43:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
Mixed on this one...tie it to Citizenship (vote).
Rand it out of his mind
Oh, good gravy, not this again.
Rand didn’t write this. Ron did.
Most libertarians are
Sometimes, as in this case, the old kook is right.
Expecting one segment of the population to “serve” while another (growing) segment lives on the dole for multiple generations is absurd.
In my area “serving” literally means white people doling out freebies to non-whites, whether food or school supplies or whatever.
I’d be much more comfortable with having people work (for wages) for some period during senior year in high school; this would motivate them to get the most out of their educations.
Volunteering should be voluntary and outside of the sphere of the nanny state.
Compulsory volunteerism could only come from the minds of brain-damaged liberals.
as this is an issue that has long united authoritarians on the left and right.
No Ronnie paul bot - there cannot be authoritarians on "the right" by definition. They may be Republican (McCain), but they are not "on the right."
Congressman Paul has forgotten it seems that Congress sets the End Troop Strength Levels. Shortages of today are not caused by a lack of willing to volunteer but rather a ridiculous and unrealistically low number of allowed volunteers set by congress.
The Mandatory Service seems like a foot in the door for the likes of ones like Obama and other future presidents to have a temptation too or attempt to form a national police to enforce administration and agencies agendas upon the public. No good can come from it.
The ability of having The Draft itself is a necessary evil to ensure the survival of our nation and congress does have the right to call forth troops for such. That doesn't mean it should exist when conditions do not require it. In short no declaration of war then no draft.
Our government needs to stop trying to regulate charities of all origins and allow volunteers and agencies or organizations to function unharassed. The ones providing things like free medical care etc should be exempted from litigation. The one receiving such services waiving litigation rights.
Ordinarily I would agree, but if perpetual war is the new normal, then we must all share in the sacrifice, including a dedicated war tax. Then we’ll find out how important this stuff is to the American people.
“...tax breaks, tuition, funding for housing or tools or business start up costs.”
I’m sure none of that has been ruled out.
I am thinking of the young people I know around here who spend 2 years completely lost, sitting around doing dope, goofing off or getting in trouble. They enroll in school to party then flunk out because they are not mature enough to take responsibility for themselves. They are too young and too spoiled to care. I really is a costly lesson to their parents.
It is truly misspend youth and a couple short years of (I am sure) handsomely rewarded service will do a world of good.
North Korea requires ten years of servitude for its state run logging business.
Another reason to dislike McCain as well as Obama.
Maybe someday a candidate will show up who actually believes in liberty, rather than the state.
To be honest, I wouldn’t mind us having something along the lines of Switzerland’s militias, though more to get a majority of people trained in armed defense than “national service”. After all, Switzerland did retain her neutrality in both World Wars without an actual military.
Unfortunately, given our government’s habit of sending our boys into third world cesspools and crippling them with idiotic rules of engagement, it would eventually become the very thing I despise.
Sometimes, as in this case, the old kook is right.
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Yep. It’s servitude any way you look at it. The Ruling Class wants us to work for free for their benefit.
And Ron Paul is an old kook most of the time.
Enforced servitude is wrong except if America is under attack.
If we are under attack it would be too late to start the draft.
Service whether military or civilian should not be mandatory, especially military.
Draftees in combat will get you killed. They don’t want to be there; they don’t follow orders well and they are the source of most of the problems.
I a foxhole or on patrol, I want someone who volunteered to be next to me. The draftee will be high on dope or alcohol and you don’t need someone you have to babysit for.
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