Post by mdeasy on Apr 27, 2008 10:39:10 GMT -5
seanx said:
........hmmmm and I thought you were better than this..........i'm talking mandatory enlistment to become a citizen with all the rights and privledges that would come with it, ie, a citizen would have the right to vote, the right to reap certain benefits and the right to be covered by the bill of rights.
if one didn't want to become a citizen they could just stay a "civilian" but they wouldn't be able to vote, collect welfare, etc.
it is my opinion that to be a citizen of the united states of america, one should serve their country and actually earn any government provided rights and/or entitlements.
Ridiculous - This isn't how our country is supposed to work. We have rights because we exist not because some government agency hands them out once you have achieved some arbitrary amount of service. Government Entitlements is a euphemism for Communism or Socialism. Lets call an apple an apple! If you want YOUR money TAKEN from you and sent through this hugely inefficient and wasteful bureaucracy then you should be happy because that is exactly what you have now and it's getting worse. Most entitlements are completely unnecessary and by the time the money actually gets BACK to the people more than half of it is used on just managing its movement from you and back to someone else. Life isn't fair and some people are gonna be flushed regardless of our efforts to save them. Re-localize the social system and we'll realize huge rewards in efficiency and have more of a personal interest in it's success. This however is not what the NWO types are interested in so it's a no-go.
Oh, and by the way "serving your country" requires that you follow the Constitution. Remember that thing. That is what I swore my oath to and so does every other member of the armed services. It requires that you NEVER follow an order that is unconstitutional!!! Our occupation of Iraq is CRAP. As unconstitutional as anything. It is the duty of any soldier to refuse to serve there. Knowingly participating in Iraq's occupation is Treason!
All is well tho because everything is exactly perfect!!!
Peace,
m