And your friend’s kid will have a rude awakening when he realizes that the military generally doesn’t pay all of your college costs. It’s a racket to trick young people into joining up and risking their lives. He would probably get just as much money from grants.

You forgot the pic:

Thats the real rub, isnt it? Forcing poor kids into military service.

*city government meeting*

So if you can’t afford college without a job, and you can’t get a job because there aren’t enough entry level positions for every 18 year old in the city, they won’t give you a diploma and thus make it harder for you to get a job later on?