Wanted: Cannon Fodder
The US Marines reported that they fell short of their recruiting goal for the first time in ten years.
It just shows how lacking are the priorities of young people that they are unwilling to sacrifice their lives so that we as society can enjoy cheap oil.
But if they can't be convinced on patriotic grounds, perhaps they can be convinced purely for financial reasons. Recently, the Pentagon increased the death benefit to the families of those who die in action to $250,000. This, combined with the fact that Social Security will likely be bankrupt by the time a young person retires, makes dying in Iraq a very attractive career option.
Be a Marine: the few, the proud, the dead.
It just shows how lacking are the priorities of young people that they are unwilling to sacrifice their lives so that we as society can enjoy cheap oil.
But if they can't be convinced on patriotic grounds, perhaps they can be convinced purely for financial reasons. Recently, the Pentagon increased the death benefit to the families of those who die in action to $250,000. This, combined with the fact that Social Security will likely be bankrupt by the time a young person retires, makes dying in Iraq a very attractive career option.
Be a Marine: the few, the proud, the dead.
posted by Colin Cohen at 4.2.05
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