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From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 6:39 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: A new bill to abolish the U.S. military draft
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From: World Beyond War via WorldBeyondWar.org [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 9:15 AM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: A new bill to abolish the U.S. military draft
Whether you live in the United States or not, you have
an interest in abolishing the U.S. military draft, and now the U.S. Congress
might do it.
Click here to add your name to the petition we will
deliver to Congress.
Please forward this email to everyone you can.
To: The United States Congress
Pass the new bill to abolish the military draft:
"H.R.4523 - To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate
the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards,
civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service
System."
Why is this important?
A bureaucracy unused since Richard Nixon left office,
an institution that has served no purpose since before people already too old
for it were born, a machinery whose only function is to send huge numbers of
unwilling young men (and some hope to expand it to include young women) into
immoral actions should be abolished. This bipartisan bill would make that
happen. The selective service budget is $23-26 million every year. There are
also costs to the states and financial aid offices that must ensure people are
registered before administering benefits. Many states automatically register
men who obtain driver's licenses for selective service; that technology should
remain in place but be used to automatically register men and women to vote.
Opponents of war and supporters of conscientious objection back this bill. You
can too.
SIGNED BY
David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Alice Slater
David Hartsough
Maria Santelli, Center on Conscience and War
Leah Bolger
How it will be delivered
In Washington, D.C.
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