Just Wondering

In the fall, our oldest daughter will be going away to college, hopefully. As part of this processes, that will result in the Light Of Our Lives actually moving out and giving us some peace and quiet, this weekend, we started applying for financial aid. Financial aid includes loans, grants, work programs, etc. etc., and in order to obtain any of this, you have to go on line and fill out a form on the FASFA web site.

As I was doing this, there was one question that struck me as kind of odd. It said

“Most male students must register with Selective Service to get federal aid. If you are male, age 18-25 and NOT registered, select “Register me.” (Q22)”

So, if you’re a female, you don’t have to register with the Selective Service, but if you’re a male, and you want money, you have to. Isn’t this sexual discrimination? In this day and age, when we have women on the battle field (and who have won awards for bravery in the face of combat), isn’t it time that women should have to register with the Selective service as well?

Not that I really care one way or the other, but I just thought it was odd to see this type of discrimination practiced by the federal government, with nary a peep from all the do-gooder liberals out there. Hmmm.

On a different note, we had a little family get together, and I was talking, once again, with my overly-liberal Scottish brother in law. We started talking about the stimulus package, and my Bro-law trotted out this nonsense “I’m against tax cuts, generally. But if we need to reduce taxes for a few years to get the economy going, I’m all for it. I say we should cut taxes 10% across the board for the next two years, to help the economy”

So, tax cuts are ok when we’re trying to stimulate the economy, but they’re not when things are going well? And just what exactly is going to happen, when in a few years the economy is going well, and all of a sudden you want to raise everyone’s taxes 10%? Is he really listening to himself? You’ve got to be kidding.