Last time Rangel voted against his own draft bill.
Maybe this is a good thing.
Republicans could never have gotten away with proposing a draft - but could be some form of national service, is just what the youth of America need.
Seriously. Many seem aimless, almost lost. Give them a purpose for once. Get them out from behind their hyphenated-identity nonsense, together as just Americans for the first time in their lives.
Many have grown up smothered by a generation of ex-hippies as parents. Give them an alternative to that.
Give them choices. Military service. Health care service. Or infrastructure. Two years, then out. Pay a reasonable wage, and you've got a whole new generation of purpose-driven, possibly gung ho patriotic young people, with some real job aptitudes and sense of togetherness, entering the US workforce.
What's a better idea? More illegals and contract workers from India and China?
Let's take him up on the idea.