Dem lawmaker pushes automatic draft registration as Biden’s itching for war
June 5, 2024 | Vivek Saxena
A Democrat lawmaker is facing steep backlash for pushing for an automatic draft sign-up amid the escalating Ukraine-Russia war.
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan’s proposal would mean that all men who turn 18 would automatically be registered into the draft. This would differ from the current system in which 18 to 25-year-old men are required to “voluntarily” register with Selective Service.
Houlahan, to her credit, previously supported legislation that would have required eligible women to also register for the draft.
https://twitter.com/RepHoulahan/status/1445838609999810569While debating the proposal last week, Houlahan argued that an automatic draft sign-up would free up money to spend on “readiness and towards mobilization” versus “education and advertising campaigns driven to register people” for the draft, according to Task & Purpose.
In fairness to her, only 84 percent of qualified men signed up for Selective Service in 2022. Moreover, Selective Service is slated to spend $33 million this year alone “to improve registration compliance rates.”
“We really sort of saw this as a chance to both save government resources, save taxpayer dollars, and to help young men avoid the special challenges later in life that can come from not having registered,” a congressional aide for Houlahan told Task & Purpose.
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