(01-28-2018, 11:52 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-28-2018, 09:25 PM)TJBender Wrote: We need to remember what we're dealing with here. There's America, and then there's California. This is normal for them. It's something in the air. I mean, what else would ever make you want to pay 11% income tax to live in a state where you're always either on fire or riding out an earthquake?

And with total confidence that someone here is going to flame me for saying it, military recruiters have no place in high schools.

(01-28-2018, 09:49 PM)My Desired Display Name Wrote: agreed

The military is a fine career choice for a lot of high school seniors, many who go on to great things, and would've been a much better choice for many who chose otherwise to their later regret. You're just grinding your anti-government ax again.

No, I'd agree that for many people, the military is a fine career choice. I'd also ask if you've ever seen a military recruiter at work in a high school, because their interest is in meeting quotas on graduation day, not in giving children an honest look at their profession. Military recruiters will say anything to get a kid to sign on the dotted line, and let them figure everything else out once the promised specialist assignment in Germany or Japan turns out to be three tours dodging IED fragments in Irag right after getting out of boot camp.

All jobs do it to a point, sure, but how many of those jobs promise you a desk job in an exciting foreign country then get you blown up by a kid wearing a 72 virgins belt?

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