Reply #24: agreed we need a new deal not a draft [View All]

[pitohui]

instead of smugly noting that we are older than age 20 and "volunteering" those who are not to work in compulsory jobs, let's have a real "new deal" with real jobs, fairly paid, that can support an adult who would willingly do the job for the money

forced labor, even if there is a token payment as with the army, is not the direction we need to go

well paid labor, turned to the important tasks of rebuilding our infrastructure, is the way

as it is, what remains of our "middle class" exists only by playing the credit game and hoping to die (which is likely because of our poor health care policy) before they have to pay it off

and our poor have almost no way out financially other than selling drugs or joining the military

there is a lot of important work a "new deal" could be doing, but it needs to be well paid and supportive of the economy, not another way to snatch opportunity away from adults who need to support themselves and families -- when draftees are pressed into rebuilding our roads and bridges, what about the workers who were once very well paid to do these jobs?