 ccrp poll carl levin s replacement in the senate  poll overview senator carl levin has said he will not seek a seventh term in the us senate michigan has not had a republican us senator since spencer abraham was elected in 1994 political pundits say the senate race has moved from solid democratic to lean democratic and is in play for the 2014 election potential republican candidates include congressman justin amash congresswoman candice miller congressman mike rogers congressman dave camp national committeewoman terri lynn land and state attorney general bill schuette to name a few new poll question who should run as the republican candidate to replace senator carl levin in the us senate in 2014 congressman justin amash congressman dave camp congresswoman candice miller congressman mike rogers national committeewoman terri lynn land state attorney general bill schuette governor rick snyder none of the above to vote in this poll click on this link  http wwwclintoncountygoporg content whoshouldrunrepublicancandidatereplacesenatorcarll  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should congress should pass hr 748 that would require every 18 to 25 year old to participate in some form of national service yes 38 no 56 undecided 6 there were five comments made on the poll comment 1 national service requirement another great idea probably not require all persons in the united states between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a federal state or local government program or with a communitybased agency or communitybased entity to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet endstrength requirements of the uniformed services to provide for the registration of women under the military selective service act and for other purposes 1 the first question i have is how will you pay for it and the benefits that the participants will have 2 will that state and local government have to put these people on their payroll 3 will these be full time obligations 4 what does communitybased agency or communitybased entity mean 5 do we create a new department to handle all of this infrastructure at the federal level 6 do we really want to register all women for military service and the last line and for other purposes what does that mean only a democrat of charles rangel s intellect could envision another boondoggle of this magnitude that would add to the eventual bankruptcy of our country let s deal with realty and cut programs not add more to our debt maybe we should education our children and have them become productive members of society not put more people on the public payroll comment 2 mandatory national service absolutely absolutely absolutely this should have been a law a long time ago freedom is not free and it really is a privilege to live in this country it is too easy to take for granted things which we don t have to build ourselves pay for ourselves or take care of ourselves serving our country might help each of us not to take for granted most if not allwhat we have comment 3 law hr 748 only if we start we with charles rangel s kid grandkids neices nephews family members first and of ever agrees with this bill fred schroeder eaton rapids mi comment 4 national service could have its benefits but should remain a matter of personal choice also proposed length of service proposed not specified comment 5 national service how about having universal taxpaying now that s a novel idea people don t value what they don t invest in for the 48 of americans who don t pay taxes how about paying at least 500 per month that should not be onerous for anyone i think it would make a huge difference in attitude and if everyone is paying taxes they might be more curious about how the money is being spent they might even become better informed and more engaged citizens   all emails addresses  