Lori Siegel
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Yeah.
Exactly.
And this is why, I mean, as I said, intellectually, I support a draft.
Like, if you want me to leave my wife and my daughter, well, it better be for a damn good reason.
Like, the entire populace, and also me and nobody else should be able to buy their way out like they have in the past.
Like, if we're in, okay, let's go.
But then we all better be bought in to this decision.
As a populace, we have clear, defined ends.
All of our congressmen and others have voted for it.
Fine.
I can make peace with that.
I can't make peace with some sort of piecemeal system.
And to watch the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan, because you were talking about economically, this is part of the tragedy of it.
Because here's the truth.
Joining the military is a fantastic financial decision.
You will get free education.
You get paid actually pretty decently compared to like a normal market wage, especially if you're a newer graduate.
If you're trying to buy a house in the future, USAA, I mean, there's no better program.
in America than if you join the military.
And that's part of the why a lot of people do it, which I have zero issue with.