If I read this correctly, you are saying that I should not be able to vote because I am too old to be drafted. Never mind that I pay taxes, I am a veteran, or anything else - only those who can be conscripted can vote?
I hope you either forgot the sarcasm tag or you wrote something that didn't say what you meant.
I partly meant it, at least the sentiment of the statement, and I would lose the vote by that standard as well. But the desired solution is to do away with the draft. Paying taxes and voluntary military service are commendable, but they are nothing in comparison to being made an unwilling combatant; I can’t escape the feeling that only those subject to the greatest risk should hold the greatest privilege. There’s something disturbing about the idea of us old guys (and all females) sitting in relative safety and saying,”sorry junior, but we’ve decided that you’re going to play soldier now. Sure hope you survive intact” The very existence of a draft says something about national morale and cohesiveness. If America cannot engender the loyalty necessary to maintain volunteer forces sufficient for defense, then she deserves defeat.