DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) Brian Mason
60%↑
30%↑
20%↓
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) Brian Mason
60%↑
30%↑
20%↓
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
(D) Jerry DiTullio
60%↑
30%
20%↓
(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Somebody
80%
40%
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
45%↓
40%↑
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
January 27, 2014 09:10 AM UTC
6 Comments
If Tommy were smart, he would start with:
Office of Barber and Cosmetology Licensure
Office of Funeral Home and Crematory Registration
Office of Audiology and Hearing Aid Provider Licensure
Office of Speech-Language Pathology Certification
Why not eliminate the Selective Service–what purposes does it serve in the 21st century?
We haven't had a draft it decades and it's hard to envison a scenario where a draft would be imposed. Political implications of a draft aside, wars in the 21st century are fought with small numbers of well-trained and highy-skilled soliders–not mass numbers of people in the wars of another era.
Selective Service to me plays a very important role, US. It is the last vestige of the notion that even the rich have an obligation to this country. Since scrapping the draft, we've found it easier and easier to fight optional wars like Iraq because the ruling class knows that their sons are safe at Harvard and Yale and can't be called upon to actually bear the burden of national service. The possibility, small though it is, that the draft may be revived is perhaps the last tiny check on the rule of plutocracy in this country. For the record, I enlisted in the Vietnam War but undoubtedly would have have done so without the prodding of the draft. I fear a totally professional Army and prefer the Israeli model, where everybody accepts part of the risk of protecting their country.
So, yes, I'd go to a universal service model, with things like the Peace Corps and all sorts of domestic service organizations serving to fulfill an 18 month obligations. I'd include women in that draft and only exempt those who are physically unable to serve.
sorry, make that I enlisted in the Vietnam War but undoubedly would not have done so without prodding from the draft.
I didn't know a single even modestly affluent kid who didn't manage to avoid going to Vietnam one way or another if they didn't want to. If we're going to keep the selective service there should be no exceptions except those based on physical ability to serve next time around.
During the Vietnam era, it was the largely the lower income kids who served though many affluent Rs were very big on the let's you and him fight patriotism. The affluent kids on the left didn't go either but at least they weren't pushing for sending anyone. Not that it was all altruism for all of them. Lots of guys just flat out didn't want to go and I don't blame them. But at least it was a damn sight less hypocritical than it was for the Cheney Chickenhawk, other people should go die to stop communism, love it or leave it crowd.
Jason – Tancredo and other Colorado politicians have advocated for the elimination of all publicly funded education. See Alliance for the Seperation of School and State
It hasn't hurt either because no one sees them as viable candidates anyway, or no one believes they could do it.