-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is not news but little was reported ..... > > http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press99/pr090999win.htm > > House Votes to End Draft Registration > > Majority Agrees with Paul that Selective Service Should End > > WASHINGTON, DC -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to > terminate the Selective Service System, saving taxpayers $250 million over > the next 10 years while ending the "systematic abuse of the civil liberties" > of millions of Americans. > > The vote was 232 to 187. > > "Not only is the notion of involuntary servitude at odds with our system of > law and tradition of liberty, but it is not in keeping with the needs and > demands of a 21st Century defense program," said US Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas), > who championed the cause to end the Selective Service program. He introduced > HR 1812, the Selective Service Stand-by Act. The measure would have put the > system into a deep hibernation, while transferring the funds to veterans > programs. > > "I'm pleased my colleagues in Congress have sided with me in saying that the > time to end the draft is long overdue. Under the misguided rhetoric of > national defense, our nation has for far too long acted in a manner contrary > to liberty; it is illogical to assume one can protect liberty by violating > it." > > Rep. Paul said the inconsistency of the program was brought closer to home > just prior to his grandson's 18th birthday. His grandson received a card in > the mail from Selective Service reminding him to register. > > "By sending him the card, the government demonstrated that even without > registering they knew who he was, how old he was and where he was. Selective > Service is a needless program." > > The bipartisan vote was to defeat an amendment to the Veterans > Administration/HUD appropriation package that would have restored full > funding to the Selective Service program, funding that was removed by the > legislation. > > Besides saving several hundred million dollars, Members of Congress > recognized the wisdom of such men as the late US Senator Robert Taft and > former President Ronald Reagan. > > Senator Taft once said, "A compulsory draft ... is far more typical of > totalitarian nations than of democratic nations. The theory behind it leads > directly to totalitarianism. It is absolutely opposed to the principles of > individual liberty." > > President Reagan said, "[T]he most fundamental objection to draft > registration is moral... a draft or draft registration destroys the very > values that our society is committed to defending." > > In addition, a Department of Defense report found that Selective Service > could be ended "with no effect on military mobilization requirements, little > effect on the time it would take to mobilize, and no measurable effect on > military recruitment." > > Instead, Rep. Paul said, military recruitment and retention would be greatly > improved by ending the practice of putting American troops in harms' way when > there is no national security interest at stake, while at the same time > improving benefits and living up to commitments made to veterans. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/thepentagonguru > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
