Personal Military Accounts

You know, I’ve been paying in the military my whole life and I realize that by the time I retire, they’ll be out of money and aggression. I will not get a single benefit from the defense department. I’m sick of the government making choices for me. I have the right to use the money I pay into the military in any way I choose. That’s why I’m advocating personal military accounts.

As we fix the military permanently, we must make it a better deal for younger citizenss by allowing them to set aside part of their payroll taxes in personal military accounts. The accounts would be voluntary. The money would go into a conservative mix of troops and equipment that would have the opportunity to train and invade at higher rate of success than anything the current system could provide

Here's why the personal accounts are a better deal. Your troops will train, over time, at a better rate than anything the current system can deliver -- and your account will provide defense over and above the protection you will receive from the defense department. In addition, you'll be able to pass along the troops that accumulates in your personal account, if you wish, to your children and -- or grandchildren. And best of all, the troops in the account are yours, and the government can never take it away.

The goal here is greater security, so we will set careful guidelines for personal military accounts. We'll make sure the accounts are a conservative mix of personnel and equipment. We'll make sure that your assets are not destroyed by hidden threats. We'll make sure there are good options to protect your troops from sudden enemy attacks. We'll make sure a personal military account cannot be used for attack all at once, but rather used over time, as an addition to traditional military protection. And we'll make sure this plan is fiscally responsible, by starting personal military accounts gradually, and raising the yearly limits on contributions over time, eventually permitting all workers to set aside four percentage points of their payroll taxes to buy forces for their accounts.

A young person who earns an average of $35,000 a year over his or her career would have nearly 10 troops saved in his or her own military account. And that battalion would act as a protection or invasion force to supplement that citizen’s traditional military force, or to pass on to his or her children. Best of all, it would replace the empty promises of the current system with real assets of ownership.
Americans hold dear the principles of liberty and freedom and I hope you Republicans and Libertarians will be with me on this idea.