Off to a Bad Start
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is once again proposing to reinstate the draft.
Lord help us from the political idiocy of the Democratic Party.
It's not that Rangel's intentions are misplaced; he is correct that wars diproportionately affect poor families, and that reintroducing the draft would likely limit the willingness of politicians to vote for combat. It's not that he's wrong, he's just an idiot.
The last time he proposed something like this it was defeated 402-2. He's wasting his political capital on a bill that the public wouldn't stand and his colleagues aren't dumb enough to support. Get real Rangel, it's not going to happen.
Posted by Peter
Lord help us from the political idiocy of the Democratic Party.
It's not that Rangel's intentions are misplaced; he is correct that wars diproportionately affect poor families, and that reintroducing the draft would likely limit the willingness of politicians to vote for combat. It's not that he's wrong, he's just an idiot.
The last time he proposed something like this it was defeated 402-2. He's wasting his political capital on a bill that the public wouldn't stand and his colleagues aren't dumb enough to support. Get real Rangel, it's not going to happen.
Posted by Peter
posted by PWN at 1:38 AM
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