You're right. They don't want to reinstitute the draft. They want to call checkmate!
1) See we TOLD you he would reinstate the draft!
2) See he has NO clue how to win this war!
It's a when did you stop beating your wife moment.
The BEST alternative, imho for the republicans at this point is to offer up a bill increasing the sign up bonus and increase the pay of the military. Or think outside the box! Make it so people WANT to sign up voluntarily so that the Dems lose all around.
Offer incentives such as for each year of active duty you get 6 months immune from income taxes - pay zero.
After 4 years active duty, offer a $10,000 down payment on a house.
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The second is to ruin the military by introducing just the kind of people we don't want. As a military officer I have seen the quality of recruits go down with the decline of our society. We have almost a 25% attrition rate of first term enlistees with those who volunteered to come in. How successful would a draft be when there is absolutely no stigma from showing up at the induction center smoking a joint and kissing your gay lover.
sounds good to me
How about we exempt all active duty pay and allowances from all taxes - Federal, State & local - and give full Social Security credit without payment???
We would have plenty of volunteers who knew a good deal when they saw one.