-=> BOB BREED wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-   
      
    BB> Which brings up another point:  how about those kids in that same boat,   
    BB> a good job, helping support his family.  Not all that many at the HS   
    BB> level, but they do exist and losing a paycheck to do military could   
    BB> really hurt those families.   
      
    DD> I could go along with compulsory national service for all who wish to   
    DD> enjoy the benefits of citizenship. But, IMO, it need not be military   
    DD> service. But, the gummint should get to decide where the newly does the   
    DD> service. If it's a a mud-foot grunt humping a rifle and pack through   
    DD> some desert or jungle or if it's counting penguins in Antarctica it   
    DD> should count the same.   Bv)=   
      
    BB> That was my plan too.   CCC or peace corp would work for me, but you've   
    BB> read the objections. :)   
      
   Read and dismissed them as extremely ostrich-like. Some folks are not   
   fit/capable of military service - which is the big stick that the objectors   
   have shoved. ram-rod like, up their backsides. But, everyone can do   
   *something* for the good of the country ... and thus be invested in its   
   success.   
      
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