feel from it the answer was not a whole lot. i think ultimately our military doesn t need a draft to be successful with technology and the type of conditioning we re doing now, we re more primed to successfully win a war today than we ve ever been with those enlisted. less than 1% of the american public today will serve in the military. so we basically are fighting wars with what my good friend colonel says are other people s kids. do we understand fully what we re asking them to do when we go? i wish we could keep that topic. so you just graduated college and you re ready to move on find a job, get a place to live and go out in the real world but there s something that s dragging you down like semcement shoes. the question will you ever be able to pay off those student loans? we will talk about our student loan problem in america with our panel and audience when we come back.
for the country. if you could take a day out of high school to go play a football game, you can take a day out of high school to go build a house for habitat for humanity. you can mandate something or incentivize. 24 isn t young. at 24 i had gone to war twice. i m sorry. with that being said, take these 18 year olds in the high school take them out and make them do things in the community. great idea. sorry, we are out of time believe it or not. thanks to our studio audience. great comments, reactions.
gay marriage i do not think falls in the same category but i don t want the federal government concerned about these things when there are larger things like 22-year-olds dying in war. you don t even know why you want to iraq to begin with. there are larger issue that s affect our lives daily whether we choose to believe it or not. marijuana may be a big part of some people s lives. why is our government concerned about it if it isn t the leading cause of death on the highway? this gentleman right behind here. yes. i just want to say that for young people marijuana is actually an important issue. when you look at teenagers in new york city, a lot of them are being thrown in jail and harassed by the police. teenagers shouldn t have to go through this. if you decriminalize it it will be a big plus. the rules are set. if you don t like the rules, change the rules. actually they have now changed in new york. you can now carry a bag.
recreational use. i am not for that personally. i think that s an issue that s best left up to our individual states. colorado legalized it so i think that s what the people want there. i m from colorado do you have some on you right now. no, i don t ever carry marijuana. please! police! even though it seems like young people care a lot about the economy, health care and unemployment politicians often will pitch social issues like legalizing mare oneijuanamarijuana the war on women and same sex marriage. some states put this on the ballot that it passed for recreational use, not just medical. who wants to jump in should this be the big issue that your generation cares about and should it be? i don t think it is. i don t think it should be. at the end of the day we ve heard all of these statistics
fight for? are these issues i m willing to put all of my eggs in one basket for and then that would require them to get out and vote and have their voice heard. johnny, you were in a military that was all volunteer. good idea, bad idea. would you like to fight alongside people who said you ve got to show up because your number came up? i think the issue that brought this up the idea of being more invested in what we re risking isn t solved by obligated millary service. there s 101 ways to serve your country. the military is one of them. running a nonprofit, i can tell you that we in the private sector do a lot better job spending a dollar. i know that. it s not political. it s just my experience. i will tell you that when it comes to this issue, in this war, how many of you went out and bought a war bond? how much of it came out of your check book? if it wasn t your best friend or family member how much did you