Milton Friedman - The Draft - From Compulsory to Voluntary

Voluntary is ALWAYS better than compulsory. Individuals are ALWAYS a better judge of what merits military action and what doesn't. If this country were attacked do you think there would be a shortage of volunteers for the military? an defending the natin would merit it. Are our police actions throughout the world over the last 50 years meritorious? Would you volunteer to go to Iraq or Vietnam?

milton is a genious!! sharp as a razorknife!

I couldn't agree with you more

If I may ask why are you not a monetarist? Have you read his writings on the matter?

Well, I'm not really looking for a debate on economic views. So just to clear that up.

I'm going to read some of his books soon, but I've not really read read any of his books.

I'm not a monetarist because I don't believe that every human being will take the same action. As you can tell from that statement, I'm more in favor of Austrian economics.

Read Thomas Sowell

My thoughts exactly. I disagree with Friedman on matters of the state and economics, but unlike modern liberals, he wanted what was best for people and actually did something about it... AND some god damn research!

At the end of his life, even Milton was sounding like an Austrian, ready to abolish the FED.

How can you disagree with Friedman on economics????

I subscribe to something like the Austrian school of economics. I'm not a monetarist.