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In reply to the discussion: All hands on deck. A call for national service. [View all]brush
(53,764 posts)40. Disregard the naysayers. If such a program was ever installed...
Last edited Sat Jul 28, 2018, 05:47 PM - Edit history (1)
it would happened only under a Dem-controlled Congress so the skill set of each individual would come into play and the Democratic Party is a party of inclusion and equality, theoretically.
And since this would be a national service program it would be for post-high school/college age youth who haven't yet established much of a career.
I like the idea, sort of harkens back to the CCC, WPA and the Peace Corp.
I would make it voluntary though with a job training component to it, with military service only as an option for the gung-ho segment.
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Not saying we do not need an Infrastructure Project. The American Society of Civil Engineers
c-rational
Jul 2018
#4
I have loved the idea for years...National Service could make this nation heal old wounds...
Moostache
Jul 2018
#3
Because every bill that has been introduced has required (military) basic training
Ms. Toad
Jul 2018
#42
No we are citizens - teacher's assistants, health care helpers, park helpers, and many more.
c-rational
Jul 2018
#10
Conscription is the most undemocratic thing a representative government can do - (obviously
Midwestern Democrat
Jul 2018
#78
WWII got us out of the Depression and we aren't in the Depression and were those men forced into
braddy
Jul 2018
#30
I knew they weren't forced, and they and the depression aren't relevant to this threads proposal, or
braddy
Jul 2018
#57
Employers are desperate for workers and working for welfare is held as a no go, we are not in the
braddy
Jul 2018
#76
Are you on the right thread? ""mandatory national service. All Americans are required to serve.""
braddy
Jul 2018
#82
Voluntary isn't what the thread is about and voluntary is called a job, we have plenty of those now,
braddy
Jul 2018
#88
We are in all but name, when the majority of Americans can't even lay their hands on $400 ...
Hekate
Jul 2018
#75
You are the only one in this thread who blathers on about slavery.Nobody is proposing any such thing
Hekate
Jul 2018
#79
LOL, no, and I didn't know that was required to disagree with being drafted as a slave to the gov.
braddy
Jul 2018
#85
My grandfather was an electrician in the CCC after he lost his business in the Depression...
Hekate
Jul 2018
#67
Yes, I believe it should be mandatory like jury duty. I see it as an equalizer.
c-rational
Jul 2018
#11
National service will lead to the deportation of all Asian Americans to China, got it.
braddy
Jul 2018
#26
It was the continued answer to my question responding to post 13, which left out the Asians,
braddy
Jul 2018
#38
I see it differently but post your reasons. Programs like this have worked before.
brush
Jul 2018
#37
I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. Those details are not unsolvable problems.
brush
Jul 2018
#55
There are actually progressive organizations that structure their pay that way
Ms. Toad
Jul 2018
#94
Not at all. I for one do not believe the unemployment numbers given. I believe there are a lot
c-rational
Jul 2018
#63
Thank you. I like your structure also, and the title universal service obligation.
c-rational
Jul 2018
#71
Agreed it would take a lot of work to make it work well and fairly, and a task worth undertaking imo
c-rational
Jul 2018
#72
Right now we need to get rid of the GOP. If they try their hands at this it will be a nightmare...
Hekate
Jul 2018
#73
This is not a call for voluntary service. All are included and you get paid. One year of service
c-rational
Jul 2018
#97
Do not know what an SIL is, but I am pro union. This is not meant to compete with private sector
c-rational
Jul 2018
#107
I will not indenture myself to a government that controls so many aspects of my life.
Orsino
Jul 2018
#113
I disagree with the unemployment figures published, but the idea for national service is not just
c-rational
Jul 2018
#117