[Moneyguy1]

I do not think the "draft" would be as detremental as you think, pat.

I see it as an opportunity for a lot of underchallenged, spoiled young adults to receive some discipline in their lives and do some good for their fellow citizens. If not as a uniformed military person, as a paid worker on projects where there is a social need; the poor, the sick, abandoned or abused children, etc. It might just reduce the crime rate as well over time.

The Coast Guard changed me from a young person with no goals into someone who became focused, accumulating three college degrees, and becoming a more involved citizen. Rather than fighting the system, I became part of it and worked for change from the only position that really counts...the inside.

Railing from the outside and wringing one's hands rarely results in positive change.