I hear your point, but I have to disagree with the premise that we should vest the power with elites to write blank checks as "incentives" for people serving. That argument doesn't hold water: Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of our constitution lays out how this nation is supposed to declare and wage war, ensuring that our nation fights popular, defensive wars.
That specifies how we declare wars. I agree we shouldn't be fighting wars for Israel and all that.
Not sure what you're saying that I said the Elites should have power to declare wars. My point is philosophically I believe only male veterans should be able to vote. Obviously I would also want an ethnic homogeneous society that is in line with the Heritage American make up as well. But we don't live in that world anymore.
Trust me, if China landed on the beaches of WPB tomorrow, you wouldn't need to offer lifetime checks/healthcare to get people to join the military; they would have the incentive and the will to join out of their sense of necessity and survival, and they'd do se en masse. And that is the whole point. This country was never meant to have a standing army whereby the state has the authority to spend other people's money perpetrating their welfare system.
That's kinda retarded. With 4th gen warfare you have to have a current trained force. You don't have the time to "stand up" and army during an Invasion or conflict with a neer peer or peer force.
I hear your general point and I have agreed many times that many who receive va Claims are disingenuous. Like I said, I saw a soldier claiming PTSD (which is like a 50 percent rating) who was getting medicinally discharged from his post boot camp training. This should not be the case. The VA disability should be for those who've served and have a verifiable medical injury as a result of service.
This "calculation" you speak of is exactly the problem... Like you proved my point. Kids are deciding between going into the military, whereby they will get wealthy with guaranteed income / healthcare / tax breaks the rest of their lives, or doing something productive like becoming a welder or other trade. All part of the same problem.
I've got kids who are going into the Trades. And kids who will be going into the military.
Many kids go into the military and then go on to the Trades after.
You're not guaranteed to get wealthy by going into the military. You just get exposed and training in a way that facilitates success for those who desiring success
We should be incentivizing people to NOT join the military. Only do so if you are willing to sacrifice for your duty to nation, your family, and God.
I agree with the last sentence for sure...and it's my position anytime ive had people reach out about this for their kids or kids reaching out to me.
In summary, I will admit that your argument may be based on altruistic grounds, but it fails to understand how our country was supposed to function and the basic reality of ignoring that fact.
I could and have literally made the same argument back to you. Your anti military rhetorical Appeal is ignoring the fact that the country is an Empire.
You don't seem to understand reality. We are an empire and we will continue to need military enforcement when political agreements don't align.
We don't have to like that reality....but it is indeed our reality.
You benefit from this every day with your Standard of life being vastly superior to any country or time in history.
I do understand the mind of the 18 year old. I was once 18, coming from a poor family on EBT, and spent time in the service as well. So I totally get it.
It becomes a self licking ice cream cone. These are the people who serve in a majority of the .mil that's always been that way.
Your final argument is so preposterous that I hesitate to address it: If the founding fathers set up a system whereby they got free health care, monthly checks, and didn't have to pay property tax the rest of their lives, they would have been tarred and feathered by our patriotic forefathers the same way they tarred and feathered their former masters.
By that logic the Founders would have considered it preposterous that non-white land owning men were allowed to vote. They didn't believe the nations decisions should be made by people simply because you existed here...
As far as saying they would be tarred and feathered... Stop being cute.
There's tons of things the founding fathers would not agree with about our country.
They didn't allow for senators to be directly elected either.... So that's a little bit contradictory to the statement earlier about the Elites.
They also didn't believe the supreme Court has Judicial review. Which is another deviation....