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To: Brilliant

I support the draft. I was drafted and I think those who were 1a or even 4f should serve in some capacity.

That way everyone has a stake in their country and its security.

The draft should include all services and all departments of government. Congress should not have staff, but drafted workers. The department of Interior, the Welfare department and so on should all use draftees.

Let's be fair. It is not just the military that makes this country strong so we should insist Congress use only draftees.


171 posted on 11/19/2006 12:03:28 PM PST by Prost1 (Fair and Unbiased as always!)
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To: Prost1
Real short ~ the United States should pay for the military service it uses.

With a draftee there's always the tendency of Congress to fail to pay him ~

I lost many tens of thousands of dollars in civilian income while in the military, and when I returned to my job I found promotion approximately 10 times as hard to get as my leftwing compatriots who seemed to have had no difficulty evading the draft. I lost more tens of thousands of dollars paying "catch up" and when I retired, I had to pay another thousand just to get my service time counted ~ although when I was first employed and when I went into the military that service time was automatically counted.

I see no reason to ressurrect a system that allowes politicians like Charles Rangal to screw young men.

320 posted on 11/19/2006 2:55:07 PM PST by muawiyah
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