Let's Bring Back The Draft In This Country - For Congress

Let's Bring Back The Draft here in this country. 

 

This time we will draft people to serve in Congress and the Presidency.  We sort of do that with our elections but the elections have become tainted, to say the least, so we need to change things around a little.  Let's draft the people for two years service and place them where they serve the country the best.

 

First, I believe each citizen, whether born here or immigrating to this country, should serve the country for two years out of their lives.  It could be done on many different levels with some doing community service on behalf of the country, such as in Social Security and Medicare.  Instead of having to pay the staff of each office, local people would take care of the administration of each office.  Many with the skills would have the time to do this for two years out of their lives.  After all, we ask our service personnel to serve a minimum of two years to help us on the national security front, we can ask others to take care of helping administer tax payer programs on the local level.

 

Those Drafted to Congress, whether it be the House or the Senate, will be of skill levels that suit that position in our government of the people.  The President will be CEO skill level and a person that has shown their entrepreneurial spirit and success in the marketplace.  Someone that will know how to manage a business, day to day, and be able to negotiate on behalf of the people of the country.  The Vice-President will also have a working knowledge of managing a business but will have unique skills to complement the President.  The third person in line of the presidency would be appointed by the President and Vice-President to be Speaker of The House, a person solely there to assure parliamentary procendures in the Senate, a person proven to be dedicated to an unbiased position politically.  If the Senate vote is tied, the Speaker will cast the tie breaking vote based on an educated perspective.

 

The judges would be appointed the same as they are now with perhaps a tweak or two here and there across the board.  The idea would be to level the competitive field for those who would like to volunteer their skills to serve their fellow citizens. 

Judges should be vetted completely before given such a lofty position of power.

 

If you have never thought of it before, think about it now. 

 

Two years to make a difference or to continue the staus quo, whichever occurs in Congress during the time each person serves.  An opportunity for those citizens that have a passion to serve their country.  No representative should have to pay out of their own money the costs of serving their country.  Therefore, compensation should be paid to the respresentative to find good shelter, adequate food, health care and transportation while serving.  It would be part of the agreement with the taxpayer that insurance companies doing business in this country would be required to offer each person serving our country health and accident insurance coverage while serving and seamless coverage upon entering and exiting service.

 

The idea is definitely out there but not impossible.  It would certainly take a country citizenry ready to cooperate to make this country great once again, showing the world that our country, the United States of America, is different from the rest of the world and worth the allegiance of those that live there.

 

What do you think???

 

Let me know via the comments.  I would love to hear from you.

 

Jayeye

Occupy Wallstreet - Frustrated and Out of Work

I must say I did not expect this kind of public outrage to what was happening on Wall Street and in the Mortgage/Banking business.

I thought everyone was in a daydream and did not see the direction we were going, even after Allen Greenspan talked about how everything was inflated and could not last very much longer. I cannot remember how many times I heard him say the housing situation was not going to prevail. People kept getting into the real estate frenzy, feeding the beast, until finally the bubble burst. Just like a pinada, once it burst open you could see what was inside. We saw how corrupt all of the players were. No wonder people were getting upside down in their properties, the guys making the deals were getting rich from the fees. Greed in it's purest form at the home of the deals, Wall Street.

Now the people that were reeled in by the system that screwed them are turning on bankers and mortgage brokers. Big banks and big finance corporations are going to find it tough to do business under their present names. There will probably be a run on new corporation names in the next few years as they posture themselves to strike again in the future.

None of them are being prosecuted or held responsible for the mess they created. If they get away with it now it will be easier for them to set it up for another hit in the future.

I have to applaud all of the "occupiers". I knew we had old hippies out there somewhere that would not mind going out and demonstrate again. We need you again. I can't be there full time but I will be in the groups when I can, supporting their voice against big business fraud and greed.

Thank you.

JI