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Pete Buttigieg suggests national service program
Politico ^ | April 15, 2019 | Matthew Choi

Posted on 04/16/2019 11:34:33 AM PDT by C19fan

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Monday night advocated a form of national public service for all young adults as a way to create unity among Americans.

"We really want to talk about the threat to social cohesion that helps characterize this presidency but also just this era," the mayor of South Bend, Ind., told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "One thing we could do that would change that would be to make it, if not legally obligatory, but certainly a social norm that anybody after they're 18 spends a year in national service."

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KEYWORDS: 2020; petebuttigieg; potus; slavery
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The state already takes a third or more of my work in taxes. The fascist is strong in this one. NO THANKS.
1 posted on 04/16/2019 11:34:33 AM PDT by C19fan
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Americorps?.................


2 posted on 04/16/2019 11:35:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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That’s the ticket. Let’s all be Germany.


3 posted on 04/16/2019 11:35:41 AM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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This isn’t Europe. I’d tell him to shove it, but then he’d enjoy that.


4 posted on 04/16/2019 11:36:08 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: C19fan

Work Makes Free


5 posted on 04/16/2019 11:36:51 AM PDT by meadsjn
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Fine, bring back the draft so teenagers can learn the patriotism and discipline they didn’t learn in school.


6 posted on 04/16/2019 11:37:02 AM PDT by JMS
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[[”One thing we could do that would change that would be to make it, if not legally obligatory, but certainly a social norm that anybody after they’re 18 spends a year in national service.”]]

Mandatory reeducation camps- Gee what a swell idea Fascist


7 posted on 04/16/2019 11:37:08 AM PDT by Bob434
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Slavery.


8 posted on 04/16/2019 11:37:24 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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Somebody should tell this moron we already have this..................Americorps and VISTA, among others............


9 posted on 04/16/2019 11:37:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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I guess the indoctrination of public schools and universities isn’t enough


10 posted on 04/16/2019 11:37:45 AM PDT by PGR88
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Does he make these proclamations with the butt plug in? Or does he save that for after?


11 posted on 04/16/2019 11:38:20 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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We could give them neat little uniforms with nice brown shirts and some really cool high-top shiny boots..............................


12 posted on 04/16/2019 11:40:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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He needs to stick it in his mouth.............................................more often..................


13 posted on 04/16/2019 11:40:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: C19fan

Like a draft?


14 posted on 04/16/2019 11:42:02 AM PDT by Mr. Mohasky (Common sense in a world lacking any, will be perceived & construed as an extreme point of view.)
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Oh…lord only knows what goes in there.


15 posted on 04/16/2019 11:42:18 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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In ... I think that’s where his brains are ;-)


16 posted on 04/16/2019 11:42:20 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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Well, it’s his way of meeting more guys.


17 posted on 04/16/2019 11:42:21 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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Have people figured it out yet? All the media coverage on this guy. He is the one who has been chosen by the dark side. He has longstanding connections to some very powerful people.


18 posted on 04/16/2019 11:42:38 AM PDT by Revel
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Don’t get too angry at Buttplug, he just like looking at young men in snug fitting uniforms....


19 posted on 04/16/2019 11:43:00 AM PDT by apillar
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Enslave the happy peons. Standard camel's nose tactic for leftists.

All that is not mandatory is forbidden and all that is not forbidden is mandatory.

20 posted on 04/16/2019 11:44:05 AM PDT by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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