| Or as the New York Times headlined it, Let's Draft Our Kids. Basically, they're proposing a forced labour levy for retirement home staff. Like Obamacare it's a way for the old to take from the young. |
Well, the General merely pointed out that if/when we go to war, everyone should have skin in the game. That's certainly a good point. The issue is whether we have a 'peacetime' draft, and the writer of the op-ed piece (Tom Ricks) is of the mind that this is the opportunity (never let one go to waste, you know) to staff the nursing homes with lots of low-paid, poorly-skilled, poorly-motivated workers.
Oh. We have that now. I mean, more of the same.
Or you could spend 18 months in uniform, perform 'tasks', be guaranteed not to be deployed, and get a free college education. Such a deal. And read the list of 'tasks': mowing lawns, driving generals around, doing paperwork. It's clear that Mr. Ricks hasn't been around our military lately; it's as if he imagines a line of Army cooks with ladles handing out spam and imitation spuds.
He then claims that this would save 'billions' of dollars if 'implemented broadly and imaginatively'. That disqualifies both our present government and NYT writers.
It's just another progressive op-ed piece from a person who lives in a world with a different-colored sky than we have on Earth. Check out his major credential: 'fellow at the Center for a New American Security'. It's all you need to know. |
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