Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
1. If an economic impact is sought, especially with youth unemployment, there are far better and probably cheaper, less dangerous options.

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3. In the Western world and in parts of the developing world the ethos and practice of professionalism has spread across many occupations.
There does seem to me to be a certain "it should work well enough" attitude -- as opposed to shooting for "it should work as well as possible" -- inherent in the idea that conscription will both resolve labor woes and provide for military personnel needs.