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[-] maporita@unilem.org 2 points 1 year ago

Trump and Biden both avoided the draft with "1-Y" (medical) exemption. Keep in mind that more than half the 27 million eligible males were exempted or disqualified for some reason, so it's not as if this was something only politicians did.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I would wager there was a higher percentage of the wealthy that somehow got an exemption

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