WOHM's who say they have to work

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Registered: 06-22-2004
WOHM's who say they have to work
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Sun, 10-29-2006 - 4:17pm

For those of you that WOH and say you have to do it to make ends meet. Do you really do it to make ends meet or do you do it cause you want to keep up a certain lifestyle? Do you know how to live with out debt or without having to keep up with the joneses?


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-31-2006 - 10:45pm

No, I was discussing your assertion that being deployed is not

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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 10-31-2006 - 11:24pm

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That's also not true.

Historically there have been numerous times when circumstances demonstrated a complete inability for the US military to meet their recruitment goals and fill needed slots. When that happened, the draft has not been reinstated. Instead, the military increased recruitment efforts through cash enlistment incentives, heavier recruitment within high schools and colleges and increased advertising.

It happened in the 70s and early 80s. It's happening now.

The US military didn't become a voluntary force because so many people were volunteering that the draft became obsolete. And it doesn't remain one because more than enough people are volunteering now.

If what PNJ said was rude, then so was the original statement by Calimom that provoked it.

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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 10-31-2006 - 11:29pm
Did he join before the 1st Persian Gulf War in 1990? And did he live under a rock since then?
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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 10-31-2006 - 11:31pm

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That's about the dumbest argument ever posed regarding the idea that poor, innocent, peaceful-minded military members couldn't POSSIBLY have known they might have to go into combat.

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Registered: 10-22-2006
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 12:21am

And why does it matter when a person can afford NOT to work and chooses not to because they simply don't want to? Nothing more nothing less. There seems to be a stereotype when a woman doesn't work. I don't think I should have to justify to any woman why I don't work, just like I don't expect justification from a woman who does work when she doesn't "need" to (financially speaking).

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 4:35am
I agree.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-30-2006
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 5:11am
I'm sure you did the best you could, but it's clear you've conceded the point.

Sabina


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Registered: 06-30-2006
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 5:16am
If I've made false statements, they could easily be countered with some true ones.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 07-26-2006
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 6:22am
Back pedaling? Hmmm...Can you show me the back pedaling? No back pedaling...and no I don't feel bad about the observations that I have made.
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Registered: 07-26-2006
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 6:24am
I wasn't talking about meeting goals. I said if people like her DH didn't sign up it wouldn't be a voluntary military. No one signs up we have no military. So it would be an involuntary service.

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