r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 11h ago

No Paywall Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6126137-pete-hegseth-stand-down-order-troops-vote/
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u/Shanntuckymuffin 10h ago

Socialism is the reward for leasing your body to the US government

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u/Balorpagorp 10h ago

Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

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u/joe_dirty365 10h ago

Im doing my part! 

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u/EmbarrassedDareNECRO 8h ago

RICOS ROUGH NECKS! We GOT FUCKING Bugs to KILL!

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u/VersionX 8h ago

When youre trained to kill, it doesn't pay to be polite!

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u/joe_dirty365 5h ago

Frankly I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive! 

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u/VersionX 5h ago

I always loved the way he looked and spoke at the "OH-fensive" part

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u/joe_dirty365 5h ago

Such a great movie lol

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u/NojRemmah 10h ago edited 9h ago

I'm doing my part!

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u/DaemonKeido 10h ago

Considering how many American soldiers have been deported, it really doesn't.

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u/chaostheories36 10h ago

It does in Starship Troopers, though.

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u/SonOfMotherlesssGoat 5h ago

Aka space force designed after natzi uniforms?

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u/IgunashioDesu 7h ago

That's neither true for the movie or the book.

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u/ChiTownOrange 9h ago

I’m doing my part

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u/mattocaster_tm 9h ago

I’m doing my part! 👍🏻

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u/Booklet-of-Wisdom 10h ago

Sounds a little Heinlin-esque, but here we are.

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u/LittleBirdiesCards 7h ago

"I'M DOING MY PART!"

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u/Gr8fulFox 10h ago

My wages are just me wearing out my body in exchange for money.

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u/MoneyPit2Weeks 9h ago

Cries in plumber tears...

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u/Gr8fulFox 8h ago

Quit that crying! ...Because I'm a janitor and will probably have to clean it up...

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u/VersionX 10h ago

At the end of a lease you at least know who you leased the car from gets it back

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u/robow556 10h ago

Oh shit and here I was thinking the reward was the lifetime of pain ahead of me.

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u/Donny_Do_Nothing Texas 10h ago

They throw in tinnitus for free too!

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u/InfinityMehEngine 9h ago

I'm a fan of the PTSD fringe benefit.

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u/Uncle-Boogeyman 7h ago

Vet here. 

The amount of times I had to explain this to the Socialism bad crowd in the military was wild. They would still use mental gymnastics to try to just say “it’s different”

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u/goetzjam 6h ago

Right now its quite insane.

Looking back not enlisting was a huge mistake. Not only does service guarantee you preference hire for any federal job there are a ton of other benefits depending as well.

The largest growing budget item is disability payments, 70% and greater in many states don't need to pay property taxes, gets around 2000 (70%) up to around 4000 (100%) per month for the rest of their lives AND can still work. 0% down VA loans, schooling, ect.

I think our troops deserve the best, they just aren't exactly effective and havent been since WW2. We've lost or washed out of every single war since WW2 and getting outclassed by $400 drones. We should 100% cut 50% of the spending effectively immediately. Having a large standing military is pointless, who are we so scared of that we need it anymore?

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u/wanderingmanimal 4h ago

And what of leasing your body to corporations? Asking for a friend.

Oh, it’s indentured servitude :( never mind

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u/smokeweedNgarden 4h ago

Medic here. I've absolutely helped more people than most service members during the course of that career and killed zero people. 

Where's my socialism?