Absolutely. Who would buy the drones to bomb innocent children from the air and fund Haliburton if not the taxpayer.

I’m fine with getting science involved. However the CDC is about disease control.

Absolutely... But when Sen Diane Feinstein and others started advocating for gun confiscation, people realized the stakes were higher:

I would be more than willing to listen and and discuss such reform personally. I think there IS lots that can be done. Unfortunately the national “conversation” on guns never comes to a concensus because for there to be a concensus there needs to be a give and take. Both sides need go make concessions. Unfortunately…

TL;DR

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankmin…

No other study requires a bi-partisan panel.

There is a difference between a criminal investigation and a “Health Study.”

Agreed in principle.

I don’t scoff at that concept at all. I applaud it. But if we ban the gun lobby, we need to ban the anti-gun lobby as well.

Sure. Lets start banning political contributions with Bloomberg.

I’m ok with everything you said, except your whitewashing of “Asking young people to complete some sort of work”

I think there is a difference between an invasion of the homeland and endless wars to secure crude oil futures. But by all means Reductio ad absurdum away.... :)

In that case I’m preaching’ to the choir.

The word you are looking for is Statism, or Authoritarianism.... a system under which the state has dominion over the free will of individuals to determine their own destiny.

Sorry, I Gawker threading is killing me: This is to the original poster. I’ve lost track of which side of the issue you are on.

I think the last 30 years of uninterrupted wars is adequate proof that we can staff a volunteer army without needing to force people into conscription.

Most soldiers are admin types who will never see fire therefore it is ok for force people into this “service”? Tell that to these guys:

Those who didn’t want to go yes... and ironically most of the landed rich didn’t have to go. Only the poor and minorities.

You are too fixated on the “compensation” and not enough on the force and lack of free will.