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[AcertainLiz]

864. Actually, I'd want equal representation.

The rich having to serve yes is apart of it, but the poor being made to serve would also bring benefits, mainly to the poor themselves. I say this as someone who grew up in rather poor communities.

"One of the problems associated with the last US draft was low pay. A captive work force that cannot collectively bargain is instantly deprofessionalized and loses important incentives for success. Morale suffers in direct (if not geometric) proportion. Low military pay causes the same sort of economic malaise that low pay in any sector does, and is championed by the same cheap-labor conservatives. "

Yeah but we're talking of service and duty, not a career. In Austria, for example, National Service is crap pay, but that makes sense, since its not a career, its service. You can make it a career after your service ends though. Doesn't this make sense?

"When I say I want this nation to be more worth defending, I mean that I want it to value its citizens' humanity and its labor more highly. Build me that nation, and I think you'll find plenty of volunteers who would serve cheerfully and compete for success. We would be the sort of nation that didn't semi-declare wars for profit, and didn't glorify weaponry over courage, honor and dedication.

Until we build that nation, I will not consign anyone to involuntary service."

Yeah but mandatory service I think would go along ways to building this nation.