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lonestarnot

(77,097 posts) Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:40 PM Nov 2016

Is the jobs plan for rust belt a draft?

War with North Korea, Iran and Syria, somebody needs to fight them. So no jobbers, there may be your job.

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Is the jobs plan for rust belt a draft? (Original Post) lonestarnot Nov 2016 OP

Good point. He did say he's for reinstating the draft. Hoyt Nov 2016 #1

That exemption is only for richie rich. lonestarnot Nov 2016 #2

That's the Republicans' go to job plan. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2016 #3

Start with the reddest states and work our way up. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #4

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Good point. He did say he's for reinstating the draft.

Reply to lonestarnot (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:57 PM

Nov 2016

Truthfully, only see that happening if white wingers' kids get an exemption.

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

2. That exemption is only for richie rich.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:59 PM

Nov 2016

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

3. That's the Republicans' go to job plan.

Reply to lonestarnot (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 08:16 AM

Nov 2016

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

4. Start with the reddest states and work our way up.

Reply to lonestarnot (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 08:30 AM

Nov 2016

Many people in the South take pride sending their kids to die in wars anyway.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte

My brother worked with an old physicist from Germany many years ago. He observed the rise of the Nazis. He used to warn my brother and other co-workers that the USA would have a fascist leader like Hitler someday if it continued it's deep love affair with the military, as Germany did in their pre-Nazi history.

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