[Calpernia]

Military Drinking Age Bill Proposed

A Wisconsin State Representative thinks the drinking age for those serving their country in the U.S. military should be lowered.

Representative Mark Pettis considers it “unconscionable” those adults age 19 and 20 can risk their lives defending their country but can’t legally have a drink. The U. S. military recognizes 19 and 20-year-olds as the adults they are. Therefore, it grants them great responsibility, including the command of others, the operation of complex and dangerous weapons, and the ability to make major split-second decisions. Persons who are 19 and 20 are clearly adults and the military treats them as such.

Representative Pettis proposes that a two-year pilot program be enacted permitting adults over 18 serving in the active military to consume alcoholic beverages. Lawmakers could then determine if young adults serving in the military are mature enough to drink in moderation legally.

However, if Wisconsin passes the legislation it could lose millions of dollars in federal highway aid. Therefore, the legislator says the bill wouldn’t become law unless the state could get a waiver from the government to protect that aid.

[Calpernia]

To date, there has been 115 names of troops who have been kicked out for under age driking. 22 of these were Marines.

[Calpernia]

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[HOTTIEBOY]

STUPID.

stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Graybeard58]

Back in the day......

The sarge would come around with absentee ballot requests "for those of you who are old enough" Which left out about 90% of us.

At least that's changed for the better.

[THEUPMAN]

a waiver from the government

???

I thought the Wisconsin Legislature was the Government.

You see the problem? Federal blackmail.
Thats what happens when you send the money to washington first.

But don't think for a moment that this is the first time we have dealt with this. Back in 75 or 76 the age was lowered to 18 most everywhere( if not everywhere) but then the nannys stepped in and took over the show.
And here is why ..... all the conservative patriots where going off to war while all the nannys and leftys where hiding in the universities .. as time went on the conservative youth grew into business people and hard working middle class.(people who mind their own buseness)
But the leftys and nannys went into education and politics.

So ... we end up going through the cycle once again.

[Grut]

The bigger point is: no second-class citizens. If 18 is adult, then 18-year-olds should be able to do anything other adults do.

Personally, I think the age of majority should be 25, but that's another problem.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I was one of many who served in Viet Nam
BUT was denied a right to vote because I wasn't 21.

I could drink, overseas, but could not vote.