[davinxtk]

My mom (note: not my parents) has the three kids, the mortgage, can't afford the doctor's visits (I personally haven't had as much as a physical since I was 12, which was free from the public school system at the time -- we make too much money for MassHealth and not enough for real health insurance) and barely keeps her own company afloat in a seasonal economy. I was the kid in school who wore the same clothes every day because mommy couldn't afford any more. The kid who got made fun of because he was on the laminated lunch ticket. I know very well how hard people work in this country, but that doesn't give them any excuse to be completely apathetic and ignorant to the world. Besides, those aren't even the people I'm talking about. I'm talking about the fucking yuppies with their summer homes and 72" plasma screen televisions on hydraulic lifts with stressed mahogany chests built around them (and yes, i've seen and operated such a device in more than one summer home). The people my mother is essentially a slave to to keep my sisters fed and clothed. The people who need to understand what the middle and lower classes in this country go through, because maybe then they'd vote a little more sensibly -- not for the president who gives their bracket the biggest tax cut and hates the homos.

I think compulsory military (or civil) service would do a whole lot of good for America. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. But take a good look at where that opinion has gotten us thus far.