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This is good news. But I think both Israel and the US should pass a law that the child of any senior member of government, who is also old enough to serve (18-3
by therobots927 2y ago
This is good news. But I think both Israel and the US should pass a law that the child of any senior member of government, who is also old enough to serve (18-35) and has no dependents should be automatically deployed to combat. No exceptions except for medical conditions that significantly impact ability to fight. Let’s see how many pointless wars get started then.
- Ekaros 2y agoWhy should having dependents be get away free? Shouldn't it double the service time per dependent. After all there is more skin in the game. Single people should be last to be forced to fight wars...
- therobots927 2y agoI don’t really understand why you don’t think single people should fight in wars but sure I was just throwing some ideas out there.
- alistairSH 2y agoI think he inelegantly arguing the opposite - why should having a family get somebody out of otherwise compulsory service? That ends up just being an incentive for the kids of politicians to breed early and often.
- inglor_cz 2y agoThis would, in the long run, fill the government with true hawks that hold genuine warlike values and don't mind their kids dying for the greater glory of the nation, or childless people. Isn't that a bit of a perverse incentive, or at least result you don't want to see?
- therobots927 2y agoI did think of that. Maybe we need to add a financial requirement, where politicians must pay twice higher personal taxes during war time to help cover costs?
- alistairSH 2y agoOw, my bone spurs. Lack of a medical condition isn't a workable solution - there are too many "minor" conditions that are disqualifying. Excema, celiac, bone spurs (real or imagined), etc. It won't be hard for wealthy, politically connected families to get waivers.
- Ekaros 2y agoI would also say that anyone who votes for military action, should be in combat at least half of the elected term. Run the vote and then from those who voted for immediately ship of half selected randomly.
- therobots927 2y agoVery good idea. Let’s put the government officials themselves out there
- ajb 2y agoIt might be good news in that it's fairer. But in the current situation, it might have been better news for the opposition to have made the usual concession to the ultra-orthodox and allied with them to kick the ultranationalists out of the government.
- therobots927 2y agoOh definitely, I don’t know enough to know that. Bibi won’t go down easy…
- ajb 2y agoYeah, it's extremely hard to see what's going on, or predict what results the different moves might have.