Off Topic (Important Legislation)

[spinelli372003]

I have been reading the posts on this topic.  I can see the need for 
a mandatory draft as more and more young people are deciding that the 
army is not for them. I don't think an across the board draft is a 
good thing.  However I do see that it could be a good thing for those 
who are done with school and serving absolutly no good purpose except 
as a drain on their parents.  I thank god do not have a kid who has 
no goal.  However I have friends who have kids in there early to late 
20's doing nothing with there lives.  no jobs no input into society 
except to hang out at bars etc.  Why not put these young people to 
work.  And as far as the insurance thing goes the military offers 
insurance.  I no this as my son in law has been in the Illinois 
National Guard for the past 6 years.  Any member of the armed forces 
who is on active duty is covered by military insurance.  I have no 
answer for the problem with schools but I do know from my own 
personal experience that going to school a little later than 18 makes 
you appreciate it a little more. And if you yourself are responsible 
for getting there and paying your own way you do better.  It is easy 
to go to college at 18 with daddy footing the bill.  But going back 
at 25 or 30 and doing it yourself is a lot harder but a lot more 
rewarding.
sherry <<having said that let me say I have a 15yr old and a 16yr old 
boy that I don't want to give up to the army so it is a hard thing to 
face sigh.........>>
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Wolber 
<katydid3500 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- Sunde <boredbatty at c...> wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry to bother the entire list with this, but I
> > feel it's 
> > important. It has recently come to my attention that
> > there is a bill 
> > in the house (Title HR163 /to view the bill go to: 
> > http://thomas.loc.gov/ and type in HR163) that
> > requires mandatory 
> > military service for all people between the ages of
> > 18-26. No matter 
> > the sex, health, or educational level of the persons
> > between those 
> > ages. 
> > 
> > I beg everyone to please, read this bill, and then
> > write to your 
> > local representative. This bill cannot be allowed to
> > pass for more 
> > reasons than can be counted. 
> > 
> > Thank you for your time, and feel free to pass this
> > on.
> > 
> > --Erin 
> 
> I also agree that this isn't really something to worry
> about. Many of the bills proposing reinstating the
> draft were made by liberal members of Congress that
> are against the war to remind their pro-war colleagues
> how it feels to wonder if your child will be sent to
> war. It's the mentality that it's easy to send
> strangers to war but it's a harder decision when your
> children could be called up. I will admit that if our
> foreign involvement doesn't become more successful
> there might not be any other choice, but none of the
> proposed bills really lay out a working model so
> there's nothing to worry about for now.
> 
> ~Kathryn, who plans on moving to Canada before there's
> any need for the draft 
> 
> 
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