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Again, elect me your president and I'll create a new uniformed service subject to the UCMJ called the Corps of Engineers, in which service will be mandatory for all citizens, a prerequisite to voting, owning a business, serving as an officer, board member or shareholder of a corporation or running for political office. Imagine the US Army Corps of Engineers scaled larger than the Army and Navy combined, their mission: To build, repair and maintain public works infrastructure within United States territory. You're going to march, you're going to salute officers, you're going to wear a uniform with rank insignia, and you're going to build the infrastructure that carries the United States into to the 22nd century. We'll give you exemptions if you serve in the military, or if you serve longer in, say, the Post Office or certain other common good public services. I figure 6 years of delivering mail should count the same as 4 years of paving highways. Service in the armed forces also counts, though I'd rather focus constructive efforts within than destructive efforts without.

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