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View Poll Results: Should the United States require a mandatory term of military service for all?
My ex-brother-in-law was a lawyer for the Army Corps - that's the lowest of the low - and I do believe you. Totally.
If the Peace Corps or US Volunteer Corps required physical fitness and basic self-defense training, and involved a reasonable level of discipline and responsibility, I would not object to that variation on the theme of compulsory service to our nation.
Any LDS folks here? How do LDS youth feel about their mandatory Mission? How much does that change their decisions about becoming athletes, scientists, doctors?
I was a kid stuck home alone with the pipes frozen solid when JFK said these words, which slowly started to turn me away from my parents' extreme WASP Republicanism. (Their celebration - yes, celebration - when he was assassinated finished the job.)
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
We all do damn little for our country.
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oderint dum metuant (Latin for 'let them hate, so long as they fear').
Well, in truth I'm actually not a total hawk, but I'm not a dove either -- I'm more like an angry pigeon flying over the political arena after a really big meal. -Abba Gav
what about the people who go to college? I think mandatory service would inhibit the development of these people. Or ones who go to trade school....I think it would weaken our society. Instead of focusing on achievement & higher goals, they are stuck for 2 yrs in the service.
Many of those who go to college have a certain aptitude that may be lost while in military service.
Take 2 yrs out of someone's education & the doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc may be forced to do something else. Right now, you get your bachelors, masters, phd & post doc & you're talking 12 yrs. Add in another 2 yrs & that may dissuade many people to pursue higher learning.
I think if we go down this avenue, our objectives & morals that this country were founded upon are lost and it will weaken the country.
Disagree. I was 32 when I went to school to begin getting my degree and it did not hurt me one bit. Actually, the experience I aquired from "real life" actually helped me. 2 years is not a long time at all.
I think it would be great to help kids grow up and serve their country in some meaningful way. That does not mean combat. But, local work, guarding the borders,etc.
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Anyone have an approximate figure on how much it would cost to put every person graduating high school in the military. That would be a LOT of tax dollars being spent.
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Tim Minnick 9/12/1972-3/4/2007
You'll be missed.
I am uncertain on this issue, I see the pros and cons of both positions. Pariah and AZZenny have made some good points.
We most certainly are living in the "generation of entitlement"! I view this a perhaps the most critical issue facing America today.
Regarding the issue of the 13th Amendment and/or the Constitution:
That didn't seem to be any problem when young men were being drafted to military service in previous generations. Not everyone was called because the manpower needs were not significant enough (except perhaps during WWII) to require everyone to serve. However, to those who were drafted it absolutely was mandatory service. Additionally, the constitutionality of mandatory service was challenged during those former times and never over-turned.
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-Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Anyone have an approximate figure on how much it would cost to put every person graduating high school in the military. That would be a LOT of tax dollars being spent.
I don't know what it would cost, but I wouldn't be surprised if the crime rate went down and the economy improved leving less people on the government dole. I don't think they'd even out, but I do think it would help in America's quest to eradicate poverty.
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