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Automatic registration means young adults will not have the consciously confront the possibility. This will certainly decrease the number of people establishing the paper trail that they are contentious objectors.
Conscription is slavery.
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The burden of proof is on the government to prove that any violation of the Military Selective service Act was "knowing and willful". That's almost impossible without a public confession, signature on a registered letter, or testimony of an FBI agent who served an order or notice to register or report for induction. According to the Federal Office of Personnel Management, only 1% of cases of nonregistrants adjudicate…
Empirically, administrative hurdles are successful at reducing benefits claims rates. Florida found that understaffing their unemployment offices led to steep drops in unemployment benefits claims. The conclusion is only the most desperate people will tenaciously pursue benefits. Most will self-fund. The merits of such a system do exist. However, the public will withdraw political support for benefits if the number o…
After 30 years in FL working with and around these social systems, what is obvious that this approach locks out those in actual need in favor of those with the abilities to game a heavily one-sided system.
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In the Navy, I stood next to a surgeon and passed them instruments, then cleaned up afterward. Yeah, it's an interesting footnote in my biography, but didn't have much relevance to my career arc after I got out.
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I found that strange as well. Who were they quoting, given that the Department of War hasn’t existed since 1947 and as far as I know Jimmy Carter didn’t pretend that it still did.
Is it just me or did the US get into a lot more foreign conflicts after they swapped "War" for "Defense" in the name?
Things had been kinda quiet for the last couple of decades. We continue involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan but didn't start new ones. We even pulled out of those by five years ago. So yes, definitely, we did a lot more warring with the Department of War.
Longer term, the "Department of Defense" got into an awful lot of wars from its name change in 1947. The Department of War might have more wars on a per-day basis in its short time under that name, but not a lot more.
But really, the answer to your question is "yes". We decided we wanted to do a lot more war, and we branded the department to go along with it.
I'd be really grateful if it stopped.
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No, I’m replying to you, and agreeing with you. I’m not posting here because of my l33t OR tech skills, but because of everything that happened after I got out of the Navy.
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It was historically called "Department of War" then renamed to "Department of Defense" and of course, recently reverted to the original name.
It did not. The Trumpist "Department of War" is stupid branding. No law passed to change the name.