Rick,
Happy New Year to you and Toby.
I agree with your sentiment regarding your sons and the Viet Nam-era. My parents opposed that war to the extent that they had a separate savings account so that if my brother or myself was ever drafted, we would be sent to Canada until the war was over. Yet, at the same time, we completed and turned in our selective service cards to stay out of unecessary trouble.
These days, my wife and I don't have such a fund for our kids because we are not in the midst of drafting people in to the military. But, we have indoctrinated them with the concept that they should not draft-in or voluntarily go to war unnecessarily; that they should not consider joining the military unless this country's security and or homeland are truly at stake; they intend to make a life-long career out of their service; the military is the place they can get the absolute best training for their profession (e.g. Trauma Surgeon); or it is absolutely the only possible means to pay for their education.
And, don't regret this one bit.
Now, as to being stupid enough to "get on a stage" and tell the world one has intentionally and illegally refused to pay their taxes, I think that neither of my children understand that behaving stupidly like that will only drag one backwards in life.
rfenst
