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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
So at the end there, is he suggesting we pay more taxes for our military or that we provide more manpower in the form of national service?
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I think both.
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Frankly, I think my generation and the next would benefit from the latter, but any time the topic comes up on Capitol Hill it seems to get dismissed as a lame attempt to "make the rich people's kids fight our wars too".
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I don't think Americans of any economic class could handle a draft. Like the article says, we have become content to be spectators in this fight rather than active participants.
A volunteer army will always be the best. There are other ways though to create domestic investment in the war effort. Energy reform, gas taxes, and increasing funding in programs like AmeriCorps might help.