Just to be clear: Hillary announced a bold new plan that actually means mandatory civil conscription for all. But Trump's the Nazi.
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Replying to @St_Rev
I read the article, I see scholarships, but no mandatory anything. Not a fan of peace-corps style stuff, but where's the force?
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Replying to @IntentPerson
It's a question of arithmetic. She wants 5 million in the reserve. There are ~5.2 million 18 year olds.
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Replying to @St_Rev
Assume 1-year service terms: then you need 5 million new recruits every year. But only 5 million new adults every year. So...
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Replying to @St_Rev
If terms are 2-year, then you need 2.5 million recruits a year. Which still means conscription.
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Replying to @St_Rev
Got it, numbers don't make sense without conscription. That said, maybe she's just unrealistic + counting on older people as well?
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Replying to @IntentPerson
It's like social security--you can get a boost at the beginning of the program but in the steady state, it's fucked.
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Replying to @St_Rev
"She's just inflating the numbers" well maybe, but it would be a staggering white elephant at a tenth of the size...
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Replying to @St_Rev
Agree that it's awful at even conservatively small levels, existing "government service" is a joke.
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Some asshole tried to bait me over the Peace Corps. Peace Corps is 10k people. Americorps is 75k. Rounding errors.
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