SENATE BILL: Demilitarization Act of 2014 (Redraft Law'd)

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I must ask, do we really want to weaken our military even more?

Some past bills seem to have reduced the military budget quite substantially (except in benefits for Veterans), and I don't think it's a good idea to pursue such a line of thinking. If anything, I would argue that we need to consider to raise spending on the military next budget instead of trimming it even more.

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FYI, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, equal protection, etc all would be violated if we passed this bill.

Nonsense. The military does not have the automatic right to go into schools and try and convince people to join up anymore than any other organization does.

Could be, but that doesn't mean we should forbade them to go into schools. If they convince people and they join the army of their own accord, what's the problem?

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I don't see myself voting for this even with further amendments, I must say.

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Nay.

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Changing vote to Aye.

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Nay.

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I actually like most of the redraft, it has indeed reduced many of the parts I disliked about the original bill, and objetively speaking Section 1 is something that shouldn't be polemic (after all, people need to have a good deal of information before taking decisions). At this rate, my remaning problem here (and I guess it's not that big) is cutting the funds for television advertising by the armed forces.

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Abstain.