On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 10:05:39AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:31:39PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 04:21:34PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> > > >> > I must admit the vast majority of my exposure to Canada is BC and > >> > Alberta, > >> > which I understand are a bit more progressive than most of Canada. I'm > >> > actually a bit more conservative than my party, just in the US system, > >> > only the Democratic Socialists have the balls to run on a platform of > >> > eliminating the draft and introducing national healthcare. > >> > > >> > >> eliminate_draft++ > > > > <god I'm an idiot for getting into this> > > > > I'm a very wildly-liberal guy and I'm all in favor of the draft. Why? > > couple of reasons. 1) it spreads the load throughout the population -- > > barring corruption, the Bush twins have just as much chance as any > > body else of ending up in the military. 2) we end up with a true > > citizen's army. This means we get better diversity in the military and > > frankly, since most of the current US military comes from the largely > > uneducated, desperate for a job crowd (no offense intended, but it is > > reality -- look at recruiting numbers and lowering standards), getting > > a broader cross-section is good. 3) we end up with a true citizen's > > army which means more and more of the folks who end up in power have > > more at stake in a war situation -- either they've been there and > > understand or they know their kids might go. > > Wouldn't this all be much more easily and quickly accomplished if we made > the children of politicians automatic first round draft picks regardless of > situation, or make the draft only apply to politician's children? > >
in that same vein, I think us congressional representatives should be paid the mean income for their district :-P A
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