<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=windows-1252"> <title></title> </head> <body> I doubt it, unless they're planning to draft single mothers. I don't think most people on welfare are sufficiently fit to be draftable. Joanna tfast wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid006101c69adb$1a009940$6900a8c0@server"> <pre wrap="">Maybe this is how they are going to try and solve the draft problem. tfast </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">New York Times June 28, 2006 New Rules Force States to Curb Welfare Rolls By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, June 27 — The Bush administration plans to issue sweeping new rules on Wednesday that will require states to move much larger numbers of poor people from welfare to work. The rules, drafted in response to a budget signed into law by President Bush in February, represent the biggest changes in welfare policy since 1996, when Congress abolished the federal guarantee of cash assistance for the nation's poorest children. ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>