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Charlie Rangel Dunce or Demon?

Some idi…uh…”Congressman” slid a bill into committee last month that would reinstitute the draft and provide for compulsory civilian service by any member of the population of these United States, aged 18 to 42.

That’s right, HR5741 is in committee as you read this, having been introduced on July 15th of this year.

Now, this isn’t the first time this type of stupi… err… legislation has been introduced, courtesy of NY Congresscritter Charles Rangel.  Like his previous bills it will have little chance of either garnering support or having more than the proverbial snowballs chance of passing.

Which begs the question:  Why?

Why would someone who is under scrutiny for ethics improprieties, including improper use of his office to solicit donations for a City University of New York center to be named in his honor; failure to report rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic and to pay taxes on it; omission of some $600,000 in assets on his House financial disclosure forms; and acceptance from a Manhattan developer of four rent-stabilized apartments, one of which he used as a campaign office, waste time reintroducing a bill that amounts to little more than legalized slavery on the part of the government?

If this is an indication of how incumbents take care of the needs of their constituency, come November maybe we should show them all the door.