I’ve always thought that everyone should be required to complete 2 years of civic duty and register for a ‘declared wartime only’ draft. Key is it doesn’t have to be military service. In this way everyone provides for the common defense though not necessarily on the front lines and large percentage of the bureaucracy is replaced by temp conscripts.
I think a lot of people would have issues with forced service when so many idle people are compensated for doing nothing. This country should have had a CCC-type program for permanent welfare recipients already.
What constitutes “service” would be an issue as well.
A lot of high schools today are pushing “mandatory volunteering”; our peers have simply made arrangements to sign off on each others’ childrens’ volunteering though none took place, because it is ridiculous. We are feeding masses in this country that do nothing but breed, watch TV, and get high; make them “volunteer” for their daily bread.