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latteromden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:11 AM
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Bush doesn't need a draft. He'll push all over-17s into the military by
forcing their families into poverty, so they have to enlist in order to pay for college.

I realised that as I found myself at the Go Army website earlier, checking out what sorts of benefits they had. He'll have all the soldiers he needs, because they're desperate and it's either join the military, or don't go to college. Frightening.
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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:18 AM
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1. I agree, I believe that are making us poorer to have control over us
and to make us accept what we would otherwise not accept.

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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:28 AM
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3. It's working.
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DIKB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:23 AM
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2. Cutting govt funds
for grants and loans too. It's sickening, too bad our education isn't up to the rest of the world's standards otherwise high school would sufficiently prepare most people, and college would just be for specialty fields.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:30 AM
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4. Remember: Service Means Citizenship
</Starship Troopers>
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:30 AM
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5. Absolutely
As Bush transfers the wealth to the wealthy, he steals the wealth from the middle class.

He uses their bodies to transfer the wealth to the corporate globalists. They enlist in hopes of upgrading their lives. Yeah, at a chance. They may or may not survive. That is the choice Bush is offering our young. I watched a CSPAN program today which stated Bush 41 was born to unbelievable wealth. His son was a New England Prep school, cheerleader, graduate, who still doesn't have the slightest idea of what it takes to work for a living. He has no connection with the working class.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:33 AM
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6. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Gaurd.
Lot's of choices for the young folk.
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 04:39 AM
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7. The other way is to give non violent offenders a choice in court
They had a saying in the 60s:

"Ten in the pen...Or four in the corps".
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 08:37 AM
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8. Or his wife is pregnant and he can't find a job.
That's what happened to my cousin.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 08:44 AM
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9. Yup,it happened during the depression......
Three squares and a roof over your head by enlisting. Forget about college,those guys were just trying to survive after what Coolidge and the Hoover did to the country.
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