zichmich- I suggest you follow Israeli politics more carefully. This solution (allowing everyone to work and stopping subsidies) has been talked about in the Knesset a number of times by secular and religious politicians. Until now, there has been determined opposition to the status quo by the religious parties (mainly degel hatorah) and this is why it has not happened yet. That Eichler has introduced this bill is significant because it means that the Aguda wing of the chareidi parties is looking to a real solution .This brings me to your other question about “roshei yeshiva’. If you have followed israeli poltics over the past fifty years, you will have noticed that the agudah has tried to work with the government (vishnitzer rebbe, Itshe meir levin, Nachal chareidi) but has been thwarted mainly by the ‘degel hatorah” faction- the instrument of the roshei yeshiva and the litvishe yeshivos. If you don’t believe me, ‘pook mo amo diber’ go and look who signs the “cheruzim” on this. Concerning work ,all you have to do is listen to what roshei yeshiva say, whether in Ponevez, Chevron or Lakewood. And the fact is that any relaxation of the army rules would see droves of kollel jungeleit leave the yeshivos, with the result of a shrinkage in positions in yeshivas and the influx of state money.
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