Hello DAve,   
      
   On Sun 2012-Mar-04 07:38, Dave Drum (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    RW> YEp, that's kind of the way i see this thing working.  YOu   
    RW> might end up toting a rifle, or you might be helping build a road or   
    RW> dig a well, or, as you say, counting penguins, whatever's needed.   
      
      
   DD> The main benefit is that it gives us an electorate who actually have   
   DD> something invested in this grand experiment we call "America".   
   DD> People tend to want to protect their investments rather than say "Ho   
   DD> Hum" and let it pass them by without lifting a finger to fix things.   
      
   Indeed, too many people don't have anything invested in it   
   as they see it.  The rich don't have to send their kids to   
   fight, their kids don't have to enlist hoping for an   
   opportunity to attend college, or just get by.  I know my   
   kids don't think they have anything invested in it, and   
   they're not rich, but they don't see it makes any difference to them anyway,   
   somebody else will make the decisions and   
   the crap gets dumped on just plain folks anyway.  Their   
   attitude is "why bother" which is the same attitude my   
   current lady's youngest has.   
      
   DD> It would require a major sea change in the thinking and attitudes of   
   DD> the "leaders" and their sycophants, the pundits, the tree-huggers,   
   DD> and the labour movement(s). Which I don't see happening any time   
   DD> soon. But, dreams are free - and sometimes enjoyable.    
      
   Right, but I've seen a few politicos over the years who   
   advocated such a thing, unpopular though it is.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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