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RE: National Service

February 9, 2017 at 12:37 pm (This post was last modified: February 9, 2017 at 12:38 pm by FatAndFaithless.)

(February 9, 2017 at 12:36 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Nope, completely voluntary, there's no law that says, upon turning 18..that you must choose some branch of the service or be barred from x y and z service or assistance.

Okay, sure. Now, if we extended the same benefits that veterans get, to other types of civil service, those wouldn't suddenly become compulsory either. So we're not talking about compulsory government work.

For the record, I think I'd be in favor of extending some of the same benefits to other civil services.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
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