Your post reminds me of what life on the farm was like for my mother. There were 10 kids and everyone of them made something of themselves without any help from my grandparents. Now I live at the Jersey shore and most of the jobs teenagers would be glad to do are outsourced to teens from Ireland and other countries. I am talking about housecleaning for hotels and the boardwalk jobs. When I was a teen those jobs were for us not given to teens from other countries. I know many teens who have tried to get jobs on the boardwalk to be told no , we hire from Ireland etc. That isn't fair but its how it is. I think the draft can be a good thing for some but we have many that should not be in the service. Maybe they could find other places to put them where they could serve their country but not with guns.
There has to be some way to make some of these young folks realize that they might possibly have a little obligation to this country for the great life of opportunity they have here. Many of them do, of course.
Maybe the draft isn't the best way to do it. Sometimes all it takes is a little incentive to make some people take the step toward military service. I know I would have never voluntarily gone in on my own. I ended up doing two years in the Marine Corps and thirteen in the National Guard. Would have stayed for 20 if they weren't throwing out old fat basstids like me right after the Gulf War.