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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 11:53 AM Original message |
another type of back door draft -poverty |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Very good point |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely. Good point. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. this is one of the big ugly truths... |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. it's more than that, too. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. that has been so thruout history, but now... |
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jdots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. good point again |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The WW2 GI BIll was enough ... |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. My Vietnam generation was told this would happen, but we fought |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yup. Economic coercion is NOT voluntary. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. For many it's not the education money |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. My son's friend was banking on that until we took him to F911 |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's not that much different from the Reagan Era. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Give the poor kids a uniform and a nice funeral |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It's even sadder now, of course. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. and the family gets $250,000 if they die in service. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I believe it's 25,000 |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lack of money for college and lack of |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. GI Bill, if you can get it. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. yep. 2 brothers, a sister and my husband all have had to take this route. |
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