Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL8]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
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I'm interested what do you think are pros and cons and if it is something you personally would support.
For the record I'm talking about able body younger generations, and not moms, dads, grandma, and grandpas.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States has turned down China’s unlawful maritime claims on the South China Sea and is siding with the Southeast Asian nations in standing against China’s oppression.
In a video conference address, he told the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Nations ***(ASEAN******) that the United States is troubled with the current situation in Myanmar and have asked the association to take proper measures and address the violence happening in the country and restore its democracy.***
After Biden’s administration took office since January, the meeting with the ASEAN is the first which came due to the deep concerns among the diplomats and others as Washington has not been providing sufficient attention to a region that is crucial to its regional strategy to counter an increasingly powerful China.
ASEAN has been heading the main diplomatic effort on Myanmar which is part of the bloc as the coup that transpired since Feb 1 has placed the country under turmoil.
I hope the Sub will forgive that this borders on politics, but is a way to get good rum to all our Sub members!
This bill, the USPS Shipping Equity Act, introduced to the US House of Representatives this summer, would allow the Post Office to deliver alcoholic beverages. They have been prevented from doing so by law since 1909. The bill has bipartisan support, and would help save the cash-strapped Post Office.
You can read a 1-page white paper here: https://www.ncsla.org/pdf/news/One_Pager-USPS_Shipping_Equity_Act.pdf
You can read the official wording here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3287 In the lower right of the grey box on that webpage is a link to directly contract your Congress Member.
In countries such as Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Greece, several months of military service is required once citizens reach a certain age, with those who object having the option to work in the civilian public service instead. In the United States, both military and public service are currently entirely voluntary. I believe the United States should reinstate conscription but chiefly for the purpose of public service, with military service being the minority option instead of the norm.
What the System Would Look Like
Everyone, male or female, would be registered for service once they reach 18 years old, following the existing Selective Service system. The only exception would be for the severely disabled and incapacitated. Service could be deferred for legitimate reasons (i.e. family situation, medical leave, college education which could then be employed in the service) for a reasonable amount of time. Duration would probably depend on what job the person is assigned, but it would be long enough that participants would both gain job skills as well as actually assist in completing whatever project they worked on.
The service itself could be a combination of the existing Americorps plus the Public Works Administration from the 1930s, mainly focused on updating all facets of the US's crumbling infrastructure both through repair and modernization. Citizens would be employed in a wide variety of skilled and semi-skilled positions, with government lifers acting as points of continuity throughout. We might even be able to roll the National Endowment for the Arts into the program to fund a smaller number of artistic positions as well.
Those who want a military career can take that option, although there likely needs to be a cap to the number allowed to do so, since we don't want to lose the benefits of having an all-volunteer military and the last thing the US needs is to inflate its military budget further.
Pros:
- The physical infrastructure in the United States is both insufficient and in disrepair. This program would (among other things) fix bridges, bring high-speed internet to underserved communities, and update 150-year old pipes to improve public health.
- Job training. Those who don't know what they want to do would have a low risk wa
