Funny question??
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Meghan
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Totoland Mach
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I don't know if the Gov't would expect you to shut down a business to fulfill a draft requirement.
Although, I had a Harley dealer that got drafted in the late 60's and did a Vietnam tour. His District Manager ran the store for the year he was gone...that's dedication!
Toto
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Thats what I meant, like my biz, successful and busted my azz to get it to where it is and still growing, but it's mainly me and my partner, employee's etc wouldn't be able to run and do what we do, we handle the majority of everything as I with large projects we do I can't risk anybody screwing up. Thats why I was thinking what would happen if there was a draft and what would happen if you were a business owner, maybe large, but even with infrastructure in place you couldn't just leave the biz and expect managers and others to run it. Just happen to think of that and was like "what would happen?"
Like my business is in Venture Cap/Private Equity/Business/Commercial , very very complicated to run
makdaddy626
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I don't know... what's the difference in owning a business and being drafted and just having a career that you've worked hard to get somewhere with? It's a sacrifice for both, right?
A humvee and machine gun? He'll have to go through a background check for the machine gun
. Don't even think about waxing the Humvee. You will clean the machine, again, and again, and again, even in your sleep. Blindfolded I might add. :righton:If the people that work for you can't run it unless you are there, why are they there? Managers that can't run the business? What would happen if you were in a bad car accident, got sick, anything? Maybe you need to train your employees more so they can run it. It is a good question, I don't mean to be hard on ya, all jokes aside, it is something that you need to think about. Make a plan to work with, be ready. You could move to France and everyone else would fight wars for ya. or just buy a prayer rug.
. Don't even think about waxing the Humvee. You will clean the machine, again, and again, and again, even in your sleep. Blindfolded I might add. :righton:If the people that work for you can't run it unless you are there, why are they there? Managers that can't run the business? What would happen if you were in a bad car accident, got sick, anything? Maybe you need to train your employees more so they can run it. It is a good question, I don't mean to be hard on ya, all jokes aside, it is something that you need to think about. Make a plan to work with, be ready. You could move to France and everyone else would fight wars for ya. or just buy a prayer rug.
Jimmie
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Just talked with an Army soldier. He thinks no, I think no. I was drafted and two years to the day went back to my old job. It was still there but if you owned your business you would have to totally rebuild your life. I know that the guys that were the only guys in a family to run a family farm were not drafted back then. Not at all positive about it but pretty sure. Now I've got a funny question. Do you guys still have to get draft cards at 18?
I think it's called "select service", you can sign up at the post office. I'm too old and did my time anyway. All you have to say "I detail cars and can't go, who would clean and wax the cars if I went"? It's a business, right? The reason with the farms are, they're feeding America. What would they have to put in the sea rations, the MR2's? I don't think Surfer needs to worry about that for now. If a Demo gets in office the war will be over. Then we can go back and do it again at a latter date.
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Yeh thats what I know of, that if drafted I think your employer actually has to grant you job back if I'm not mistaken right? But if you owned your business...I guess your SOL, thats what I was curious about. Like my company, very competitive and tough industry, but I'm able to get large projects b/c they know what were capable of and cost less as we don't have the massive expenses that the much larger firms do. However those firms are more corporately (if thats a word lol) structured that if the owner or CEO was gone they could basically run themselves. In my case I handle all the structuring and financing, and developing the projects....especially with Venture Capital/Private Equity, we're dealing in very large $ amounts with start up companies or large acquisitions that no way in hell would I risk an employee or manager screwing up, I don't have the infrastructure in place that a big corporation does b/c thats not what I want (I actually don't want to grow big, I like staying smaller and having the "control"). If I had to leave for example, bam, business would be done for, competitors would gobble up our clients/future clients.
That what I was curious about, that if anybody like CEO's etc could get drafted.
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dengood1
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Well said. Although I see Surfer's position, some stand to lose MUCH more than others. Unfortunately that's the price you pay for freedom.
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Thats what I meant, didn't mean for it to come off as poor vs rich or anything like that. Just moreso that would suck building up a successful business and then having it go "poof". I have friends over in Iraq, I respect the hell out of them.
Gary Sword
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Yes Surfer, you will be the first to go. The only thing I'll get is a draft beer.Im the MAN