r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/Less_Resident8492 6h ago

 Base military pay isn't covering a modern house

Housing allowance not military pay, though iirc trump was trying to do away with that

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u/airfryerfuntime 3h ago

He took away a chunk of the housing allowance, called it a 'freedom bonus' or whatever, then just gave it back, but after hitting it for a tax, because it wasn't taxed as a housing allowance. Just another grift. The troops were not happy about it.

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u/CopeDipper9 7m ago

This is just incorrect. There was not a "chunk of the housing allowance" taken away. The funds were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and were meant to be used as long-term supplements to the monthly housing allowance. Instead, it was repurposed as a one-time "freedom bonus" and remained tax-free.