Obama can instill civic responsibility – through a mandatory Youth Corps

Quote from TraderZones:

Doesn't everyone want to be forced to spend 2 of their prime years earning minimum wage? Whatever happened to concept of a democracy?

What would happen if the government did NOT force people to do things against their will and allow them "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"

Bet the persons floating this idea are not 18 to 20 themselves.

Obama can instill civic responsibility – through a mandatory Youth Corps

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090126/cm_csm/ybabcock

Here's what such a seed might resemble: Every young American citizen, once he or she graduated from high school, would have the responsibility to complete two years of public service. National need would define the nature of such service, but at any given time the variety of jobs likely would be in education, infrastructure repair and maintenance, construction, healthcare, the military, and the arts, for example. Participants, most age 18 to 20, would be provided with room and board and given minimum wage during this two-year period.

In exchange, after a young person had completed this two-year commitment, the United States government would bear the responsibility for paying for that person's two-year junior college education or the first two years of his or her four-year college tuition.
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They could always just bring the draft back.
 
Quote from TraderZones:

Doesn't everyone want to be forced to spend 2 of their prime years earning minimum wage? Whatever happened to concept of a democracy?

What would happen if the government did NOT force people to do things against their will and allow them "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"

Bet the persons floating this idea are not 18 to 20 themselves.

Obama can instill civic responsibility – through a mandatory Youth Corps

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090126/cm_csm/ybabcock

Here's what such a seed might resemble: Every young American citizen, once he or she graduated from high school, would have the responsibility to complete two years of public service. National need would define the nature of such service, but at any given time the variety of jobs likely would be in education, infrastructure repair and maintenance, construction, healthcare, the military, and the arts, for example. Participants, most age 18 to 20, would be provided with room and board and given minimum wage during this two-year period.

In exchange, after a young person had completed this two-year commitment, the United States government would bear the responsibility for paying for that person's two-year junior college education or the first two years of his or her four-year college tuition.
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great - kids can finally reach adulthood at age 34


but seriously, some people cannot understand that good citizenship means not allowing the govenment to use it's power to take anything beyond what it needs
 
Quote from jficquette:

It worked for Hitler.
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Pretty well in fact.
Hussein's "Youth Corp" = Hitler Youth.

"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future."
Adolf Hitler

Quote from mschey:

No need to piss away more money and resources, this program already exists.

It's called the GI bill and the College Fund, you give 4 years of service to the military, they pay upwards of 50k towards college.
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Oh we gotta have a "new" program.
That way President Hussein can take credit for any results, real or imagined.
 
Maybe they'll be too busy working to watch "The Hills" or that shit they play on MTV.


Could be a good thing for society after all.
 
America needs it look at the new generation of softies.

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Kind of scary how many adults would support this.

Yes, there are some dumbass emo kids out there. Just as there were dumbass GenXers and dumbass baby boomers.
 
You know it's funny that so many support the volunteer army, and yet the volunteers are pretty much forced into the service bedause of economic condiditons. some personal, some global. And may would suppor the draft to protect America, but then be against having a program to help youth mature instead of working at mcdonalds. This is not a great proposal, but I've certainly seen worse in my lifetime.




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