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**Qnnoshxj** · 11-15-2006, 08:39 AM

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Those peaceful jobs can be better done by people paid to do them. National service is a concept best left applied to those jobs which economic remuneration is insufficient incentive. The military. A peace corps-type organisation. Sure. And building roads and dams. And travelling abroad to help other people build roads and dams, and wells and schools.

Otherwise you run into the problem of what counts as national service and what doesn't. What counts as national service is determined by our elected representatives who are voted for by our electors, as always.

The difference is giving some emphasis to the idea of service as opposed to eveyone simply being entitled while never lifting a finger.

Picking up garbage counts as national service. Why not working in a warehouse? Summer research at a university? Why not?

It's peace time. You sign up. You do what you are good at and will put your heart into.

The cost of expanding the peace corps and the military to accomodate everybody between 20 and 22 would be staggering. Never mind the hidden cost of a loss of worker productivity, as people lose two years of their life to this. They then have two years less of their prime productive years. Israel has this problem. Look at some of the Israelis on this board. Azazel is wasting his time in the Army when he could be finishing up a master's degree in chemistry. As you point out, other countries do it. Surely it must be economical.

This is in addition to what I see as the extraordinary danger of limiting the franchise. Don't limit it. Anyone who completes their service can vote.

11-15-2006, 08:39 AM	#29
Qnnoshxj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 384 Senior Member	Originally posted by KrazyHorse Those peaceful jobs can be better done by people paid to do them. National service is a concept best left applied to those jobs which economic remuneration is insufficient incentive. The military. A peace corps-type organisation. Sure. And building roads and dams. And travelling abroad to help other people build roads and dams, and wells and schools. Otherwise you run into the problem of what counts as national service and what doesn't. What counts as national service is determined by our elected representatives who are voted for by our electors, as always. The difference is giving some emphasis to the idea of service as opposed to eveyone simply being entitled while never lifting a finger. Picking up garbage counts as national service. Why not working in a warehouse? Summer research at a university? Why not? It's peace time. You sign up. You do what you are good at and will put your heart into. The cost of expanding the peace corps and the military to accomodate everybody between 20 and 22 would be staggering. Never mind the hidden cost of a loss of worker productivity, as people lose two years of their life to this. They then have two years less of their prime productive years. Israel has this problem. Look at some of the Israelis on this board. Azazel is wasting his time in the Army when he could be finishing up a master's degree in chemistry. As you point out, other countries do it. Surely it must be economical. This is in addition to what I see as the extraordinary danger of limiting the franchise. Don't limit it. Anyone who completes their service can vote.
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