The way I heard it, Rangel is proposing the draft because he hopes that it raises awareness of how superfluous the war is... a kind of reverse-psychology thing, I suppose.
He explained that he wanted to institute a draft so that the sons of rich people would be sent to war just like any other person, so the leaders of the country and the rich wouldn't be so ready to launch a war. So in a way it is reverse psychology, however it doesn't work because the sons of the rich seem to have an apt for avoiding drafts.
This is pretty much right, he's been introducing this bill every year since the war started, so it comes as no surprise.
Still, it's not really necessary now that they're in charge.
In think the main thrust is to reduce deferments and that sort of thing, so that the bottom rungs of society aren't the only ones falling victim to it, and so that wealthy warmongers will have to send their families off to fight in the wars they want to start.
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Still, it's not really necessary now that they're in charge.
In think the main thrust is to reduce deferments and that sort of thing, so that the bottom rungs of society aren't the only ones falling victim to it, and so that wealthy warmongers will have to send their families off to fight in the wars they want to start.
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