Rangel's Conscription

On February 15^th 2013 New York Representative Charles Rangel entered H.R.747 and H.R.748 to be considered by Congress. This Bill would, if approved, would require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 to 25 to perform National service as a member of the uniformed service or as a civilian in Federal, State, or Local government.

The National Universal Service Act (H.R 747), also known as the "draft" bill, would require 30 million people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform two years of national service in either the armed services or in civilian life. It would build upon the community service infrastructure already in place such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, as well as local initiatives such as NYC Serve. The National Universal Service Act was first introduced in 2003 at the height of protest against going to war with Iraq, and was reintroduced in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011.

Rangel's All American Selective Service Act (H.R. 748) would require women to enroll in the Selective Service System, which would double the number of registrants. The current law requires only men ages 18 to 25 to register, and there are approximately 13.5 million in the registry.

"Now that women can serve in combat they should register for the Selective Service alongside their male counterparts," said Rangel. "Reinstating the draft and requiring women to register for the Selective Service would compel the American public to have a stake in the wars we fight as a nation. We must question why and how we go to war, and who decides to send our men and women into harm's way." Charles Rangel

I see where Rangel is coming from; if more people were "forced into service" it would make them think twice about supporting a war. But think about this, the American people do not have a say in if we as a Nation go to war, that is left to those we call our representatives.

 What I purpose is this; we create a bill that would force all House of Representative members and Senate members’ children 18-25 to serve in active conflict zones for a minimum of two years. It would follow the same premise, if they had to think of their children dying in a conflict in which they have created, advanced or entered into, we quite possibly would have less military intervention that leads to conflicts and death of innocent people.

I don't want to force anyone into service as I see it as a form of slavery. But what this could do is turn the attention away from the distraction of using the citizens as cannon fodder until they become irate enough to demand less military intervention and instead turns the attention to those that have the most direct influence and actual vote and voice in the intervention and eventual wars and conflicts they create.

As always this is just my take on this issue and I am sure that some of you will disagree with my assessment on this, but what I want to say is this, if you wholeheartedly subscribe to Rangel's idea for these two bills I would suggest that you take a hard look at your family and decide which ones you can live without.Because if passed it is almost a certainty that one or more of your children will serve and die under this forced service in a war or conflict created by those whose children are safe and sound in their beds at night.

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