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I like a modified form of that idea.

We dont need soldiers home building things, we need Americans who are out of work home building things. What we should have is our soldiers back to help in places where they're needed with disaster relief, community improvement, etc etc.

And making every male over the age of 18 sign a statement saying they'll show up if they're drafted is not what I call a "volunteer" military.

I like a modified form of that idea.

Instead of using our military for building or disaster relief they should either be warfighting or training for warfighting.

Since we need things built, and we need folks to help with disaster relief, we should have anyone collecting welfare or unemployment insurance pitch in and lend a hand.

I understand that folks who are collecting unemployment insurance payments have paid (relatively small) premiums for that coverage and I don't look at them as getting "something for nothing" the way I do welfare recipients.

That said, some of the folks we have on unemployment (10% of the country +/-) have been there all year. Some have been there longer. Some who just started collecting last month will be on those rolls for several months to a year.

Not having a job to go to is crippling. It's just no good for a grown man to sit on his couch all day wishing he had something productive to do with his day. By matching unemployed people with jobs that need done we'll better America and we'll give these folks something to do with themselves.

As for our welfare recipients, fuck you, grab a shovel and go fill sandbags or something. We can always use sandbags.