Gee, I thought drafting immigrants came from a desire for the North to win the Civil War by overwhelming the South with superior numbers, not because of “nativist whining.” Also interesting to note that the Irish weren’t “white.” News to my great-great grandfather, I am sure.

Gee, I thought drafting immigrants came from a desire for the North to win the Civil War by overwhelming the South with superior numbers, not because of “nativist whining.” Also interesting to note that the Irish weren’t “white.” News to my great-great grandfather, I am sure.

So native-born people don’t have the right to benefit from the societies our ancestors fought, bled and died to establish? We must let people whose ancestors never fought bled and died for our country to come here in uncontrolled numbers and compete with us for the fruits of our ancestors’ labors? Sounds pretty grim to me. What would be the point of doing anything to establish a decent society, if the fruits of our labors cannot be passed on to our posterity? My ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War did not risk their lives so that some Indonesian guy they had nothing in common with could have a better life; they did it for their children, grandchildren and so on down the line. This does not seem to be a very “libertarian” concept, the concept of denying people the right to pass onto their descendants the fruits of their labors.

So native-born people don’t have the right to benefit from the societies our ancestors fought, bled and died to establish? We must let people whose ancestors never fought bled and died for our country to come here in uncontrolled numbers and compete with us for the fruits of our ancestors’ labors? Sounds pretty grim to me. What would be the point of doing anything to establish a decent society, if the fruits of our labors cannot be passed on to our posterity? My ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War did not risk their lives so that some Indonesian guy they had nothing in common with could have a better life; they did it for their children, grandchildren and so on down the line. This does not seem to be a very “libertarian” concept, the concept of denying people the right to pass onto their descendants the fruits of their labors.

When you talk about our “volunteer” army, you make it sound as if the soldiers are doing it for free. They aren’t. Is it better or worse to subsidize our “defense” against such terrible threats to U.S. security as Saddam’s Iraq through the current mercenary system of paying recruits to die, or the previous slavery system of drafting them against their will? Both are pretty shitty options, but I’ll stick with Uncle Milton; you can have General Westmoreland.

When you talk about our “volunteer” army, you make it sound as if the soldiers are doing it for free. They aren’t. Is it better or worse to subsidize our “defense” against such terrible threats to U.S. security as Saddam’s Iraq through the current mercenary system of paying recruits to die, or the previous slavery system of drafting them against their will? Both are pretty shitty options, but I’ll stick with Uncle Milton; you can have General Westmoreland.