America’s Elite Needs to Get Back in Uniform

Not a bad story but she kind of ruined it with her offhand comment about the second amendment. Also, as far as the thing about adding other ways people can serve we have many volunteer fire departments and ambulance services in this country. I bet you can guess where veterans and currently serving people are statistically over represented. Even though vets are only a few % of the polulation they make up 10-15% of the volunteer fire department I am part of. Unfortunately the larger % of our popultion wants to serve no one but their own self interests. This crosses ALL political lines. Neither party has the monopoly of generous people who enjoy helping others...

That would weed out the wheat from the chaff!

I am old enough to remember when adults got together, the question almost always came up; what service were you in? Where did you serve?
Now, one never hears that unless someone is wearing a ballcap with something military on it.

While it was active, I opposed the draft. I thought of it as involuntary servitude. Now, with the conditions of this country, I think I may have been wrong. Some sort of required service for the public good may be beneficial. But, it would absolutely have to be 100% equal and fair. If one citizen is required to serve, all citizens should be so required. We all know that would never happen.

As to the "elites" I like to look at the examples of the Kennedy and Bush families. They are/were well-to-do families, but saw military service as an obligation to out nation.

Now, how many such families exist?