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    RW>    
    BB> This plan almost came into being when I graduated HS back in 1948.   
    BB> Not only was registering for the draft mandatory, but there was real   
    BB> thought about military service right after HS for the males.  (I had   
    BB> a decent job, making good money for the times, but really sweated   
    BB> having to give that up and go into the military.)   
      
    RW> Yep, heard those too, but those are very very rare these   
    RW> days for young people.   
      
    BB> Which brings up another point:  how about those kids in that same   
    BB> boat, a good job, helping support his family.  Not all that many at   
    BB> the HS level, but they do exist and losing a paycheck to do military   
    BB> could really hurt those families.   
      
    RW> Yeah, but if you know it's coming you know it's coming.   
    RW> Besides, decent jobs are so rare, and adults who've done   
    RW> their time and have families to support need them.  IT's   
    RW> fair, because everybody *must* do it under such a plan.  nO   
    RW> buyout, no opt out.  nO pleading, no begging, no whining.   
    RW> YOung man or woman, head for that intake center.  IF you   
    RW> drop out of high school at your 18th birthday you better be   
    RW> showing up at that intake center.  Otherwise, walk down the   
    RW> aisle, get that diploma, and catch that bus train or plane   
    RW> the next day.  That's the main reason I like it so well, no   
    RW> hardship case, no rich man's son buyouts, it's part of   
    RW> what's expected of you.  That makes for a level playing   
    RW> field.   
      
   I like the plan but don't think it will ever fly.  First of all it has to be   
   voted in and how many congress critters do you think are going to vote yea when   
   their own daughter or son may get sucked up in this draft.  So I see a   
   modification to allow these kids to drop out of the plan, or if they can't get   
   that in - kill the plan.  (I suspect the last anyway because of the gal thing.)   
      
      
      
    RW>    
      
    BB> Really?  He was sure pouring in here, would have swore he was in CA.   
    BB> :) (C6AKQ was the call.)   
      
    RW> YEp, that'd be the Bahamas.  WAs that on 20 meters?  IF so   
    RW> it's been rather long last few days.  That would definitely   
    RW> be a bahamas call sign though.   
      
   Yup, some contest thing going on last Saturday.   
      
    RW> YEah it's a different world these days.  When I heard an   
    RW> extra class the other day asking how to figure the length of a dipole,   
    RW> and another saying he didn't know how to tune up   
    RW> his new tube type linear amplifier I was rolling on the   
    RW> floor making strange noises.   
      
    BB>  Oh, we've always had those guys around.  :)   Ops, but no technical   
    BB> knowlege at all. :)   
      
    RW> YEah I know, and i kidna resemble that remark, I'm the   
    RW> world's biggest klutz with a soldering iron, but I can do   
    RW> alright with the theory, and guiding the guy with the iron   
    RW> at least .   
      
    By any standards, you have a valid excuse for not swinging a soldering iron   
   around. :)   
      
      
      
      
      
      
       
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