A BAD IDEA FROM THE LEFT
A post at Political Animal pointed to this call for a new kind of draft. The money graf:
It’s not hard to imagine how such a draft might be structured. Every year, the federal government spends tens of billions of dollars subsidizing university education, from student loans to research grants. In the words of military sociologist Charles Moskos, “We’ve created a G.I. Bill without the G.I.” Why not pass a law that says that no four-year college or university can accept a student unless and until that student completes a 12-month to two-year term of service? No lotteries, no deferments.
Why not? How about private colleges and universities can admit whoever the hell they please?! How about what gives the government the right to demand service from 18-year-olds?! A draft is just a bad idea.
I’ve got a suggestion that would make for a very different kind of debate: No one can propose any sort of draft unless they themselves will be subject to it. Too old to be drafted? Then, forget it. So, until Paul Glastris starts packing his bags for Iraq, he should just keep his mouth shut.
2 Responses to “A BAD IDEA FROM THE LEFT”
 Comment by Brian Sassaman October 25th, 2004 at 11:24 pm |
All of this draft talk is just political bs in my opinion. Call me naive, but I believe Cheney when he says that the military opposes the draft, and if we need more folks then we just increase the pay and/or benefits. |
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Comment by Brian Sassaman October 25th, 2004 at 11:27 pm |
The military is, after all, one of the few areas for expenditure that is actually mentioned in the US Constitution, not that we really follow that anymore… |