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redneckgaijinDemocrats to Propose Universal Mandatory Draft
Charlie Rangel's done this twice before. Last time the Republicans actually called his bluff by bringing it to a vote, resulting in a 3-432 vote in the US House. However, over twenty other Congresspersons- all of whom except Cynthia McKinney will be back in Congress next year- sponsored the bill, so don't think this is going away.
Rangel's proposal is to demand mandatory military service- or such "public service" as the government should designate- from every person between ages 18 and 42 in the United States. You wouldn't get to choose your service- indeed, you might not even get PAID for your service- but for two years, you would be subject to involuntary servitude to the federal government of the United States.
And the biggest steaming pile of bullshit about Rangel's proposal- he claims that the United States is less likely to go to war with a draftee army than an all-volunteer army.
Starting January 3, Rangel will be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee- the one man in Congress who effectively determines who gets how much money and how high taxes are going to be. It can be said that the only persons with more power in the federal government would be the Speaker of the House and the President of the United States.
This isn't your tax dollars at work; this is YOU at work, without your consent and at the order of government bureaucrats.
So tell me, which was the lesser of the two evils again...?
Charlie Rangel's done this twice before. Last time the Republicans actually called his bluff by bringing it to a vote, resulting in a 3-432 vote in the US House. However, over twenty other Congresspersons- all of whom except Cynthia McKinney will be back in Congress next year- sponsored the bill, so don't think this is going away.
Rangel's proposal is to demand mandatory military service- or such "public service" as the government should designate- from every person between ages 18 and 42 in the United States. You wouldn't get to choose your service- indeed, you might not even get PAID for your service- but for two years, you would be subject to involuntary servitude to the federal government of the United States.
And the biggest steaming pile of bullshit about Rangel's proposal- he claims that the United States is less likely to go to war with a draftee army than an all-volunteer army.
Starting January 3, Rangel will be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee- the one man in Congress who effectively determines who gets how much money and how high taxes are going to be. It can be said that the only persons with more power in the federal government would be the Speaker of the House and the President of the United States.
This isn't your tax dollars at work; this is YOU at work, without your consent and at the order of government bureaucrats.
So tell me, which was the lesser of the two evils again...?
