"Look, by joining a health plan -- privately managed or otherwise -- you're already paying for other people's smoking, sex or lack thereof, alcohol overconsumption, poor food choices and so on. " And here is the difference; now we MUST join a healthcare plan. That's strike one. Now all plans are the same, will include abortifacents, that's strike two. We allow the Amish, the 7th Day Adventists, even Christian Scientists a chance to exercise their conscience, why are we denying that to an even larger portion of our society? This does not pass the smell test.

And never would again. And I just finished over 30 years in uniform. Airborne, Infantry, Spec Ops as an enlisted man, NCO, company and field grade.

Never again would I serve with draftees. We spent too much time chasing them down, punishing them, and in general, making up for society's shortfalls.

The volunteer Army is the best solution. Now, when Congress passes this monstrosity it will severely damage it.

Most careerists would suck it up for a few years and then retire. But the specific people that we need would avoid service like crazy.

The highest demand people in Afghanistan right now are the rural raised kids who have spent a lot of time hunting. You see, if you've been a hunter, you're aware of...

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