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"But some of use do not yet have the opportunity to purchase one, and shouldn't be told they should fight a war because of that.
We have a lot of people in those uniforms because it was either that, no opportunity for higher education and advancement. We have a lot people in uniform because oil companies just have to make that dollar. That's why we are there.
Our opposition seek a society where we socialize the risk but privatize the profits from those risks. In this venture, we've all taken the risk and we are seeing the risk. The profit is major for them, but isn't a profit at all for me. But many average Americans believe it is because ultimately for them, it comes down to what keep us running everyday.
The point to what I'm proposing is you do have a choice. If you don't want to go, you can purchase a bus ticket, which means you'll be actively voting for candidates who want to expand mass transit.
This plan is part of a whole myriad things that we need to discussing and putting on the table to the American people, especially in the coming election year.
I'll agree this plan is pretty off-the-cuff, but lets consider what we need to put around it.
For starters, how about putting forth an initative to rebuild our nation's rail system? I don't want to use the cliche, but this is the country that put a man on the moon, you mean we can't build American Shinkansens that blanket our country, save fuel AND save us from the spoke-and-hub nightmare that our bankrupt air system is becoming. Why not an American return to the rails? Our nation grew up on tracks, not trucks.
How about exchanging all those tax cuts (in time of war) for reinvestment in mass transit at the municipal and regional levels?
I like my car, and I'll admit it. But I also understand what it means. This plan is more geared towards the people who feel that "The American Way Of Life Is Non-Negotiable" and interpret that way as gluttony.
If its really non-negotiable, here's your M-16.
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