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ProfessorGAC

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51. You're Dodging

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 06:34 PM

Jul 2022

The data i linked differs from your contention that expectancy in adulthood hasn't changed in "hundreds of years".
When confronted with contradictory data, you changed the subject. That's weak.
Color me unsurprised.

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U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits [View all] applegrove Jul 2022 OP

The proper free market solution is better pay and better working/living comradebillyboy Jul 2022 #1

Not for women unless we get the ERA Freddie Jul 2022 #2

+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #14

A draft means you have no control of your body. former9thward Jul 2022 #18

K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2022 #19

+1 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #28

Oh God no. applegrove Jul 2022 #10

A new draft might be successfully fought under the 13th amendment these days. DFW Jul 2022 #43

K&R, Corps in US don't want to admit US is heading towards negative unemployment with so many ... uponit7771 Jul 2022 #3

Covid largely killed elderly and disabled. former9thward Jul 2022 #27

Male life expectancy was 66.5 years in 1950. Today it is 79.3 years. Mariana Jul 2022 #38

No and no. former9thward Jul 2022 #42

These Data Suggest Otherwise ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #44

The poster I was replying to was confusing life exp at birth with life exp in the workforce. former9thward Jul 2022 #48

You're Dodging ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #51

You are playing games. former9thward Jul 2022 #54

The percentage of the population over 65 is 2x higher now than it was then. nt. Mariana Jul 2022 #53

And??? former9thward Jul 2022 #55

The people who died from Covid were not the healthiest Americans anyway, and unlikely to have been BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #41

Maybe, just maybe, it will stop our historically crazy foreign policies. Who walkingman Jul 2022 #4

+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #15

What, you don't think it's noble to Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #25

They're just going to join Trump's Army. dchill Jul 2022 #5

And many have already joined private militias MyMission Jul 2022 #30

Not even close in fire power. tazkcmo Jul 2022 #46

Red states are passing election laws that allow them to overturn any results they don't like. Aristus Jul 2022 #6

Economy upswinging. No more poverty draft. cbabe Jul 2022 #7

It would be great if no country could find recruits. chowder66 Jul 2022 #8

Soon, they will have no choice but to reinstate the military draft. roamer65 Jul 2022 #9

Yeah, I think there's a good chance this is really going to spread and a draft will RKP5637 Jul 2022 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #24

Yes, the UN seems impotent right now. roamer65 Jul 2022 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #33

Low unemployment is the reason. Don't let a right winger Emile Jul 2022 #11

We had low unemployment before the Covid shutdowns. former9thward Jul 2022 #34

Offer citizenship to young people around the world. I bet the real reason is applegrove Jul 2022 #12

That's how the Romans did it. roamer65 Jul 2022 #16

The U.S. already does that. former9thward Jul 2022 #35

Great. applegrove Jul 2022 #37

It would be had for me, if I were a young person, to get excited about serving my country. Chainfire Jul 2022 #13

Sadly, today, it really makes one wonder what kind of country they are risking their lives for. RKP5637 Jul 2022 #29

Too many overweight kids NickB79 Jul 2022 #17

Exactly. former9thward Jul 2022 #36

Yes. And that isn't just a problem for the military. It's a problem for our health care system. highplainsdem Jul 2022 #40

Look at the conflict brewing in the world right now. roamer65 Jul 2022 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #21

Get ready for the ads in 3....2....1 al_liberal Jul 2022 #26

Expect an all out blitz from the NFL. Iggo Jul 2022 #50

If I was 18 again, I would enlist in the army for the same DoD job in M.I. Dysfunctional Jul 2022 #32

If I was 18 again I'd go to college first and then to the Navy jmowreader Jul 2022 #49

We could always reduce the size of the military. patphil Jul 2022 #39

After Iraq and Afghanistan... Xolodno Jul 2022 #45

Maybe, just maybe, we're sick and tired of going on endless wars sakabatou Jul 2022 #47

The Military Industrial Complex. Iggo Jul 2022 #52

Set up recruiting booths at MAGA rallies. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #56