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In reply to the discussion: All hands on deck. A call for national service. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,057 posts)94. There are actually progressive organizations that structure their pay that way
The secretary receivest the same salary as the top executive. The idea is that everyone deserves to be rewarded for usng their skills to serve the organization, and that everyone's skills are required to run the organization - so we should not ecconomically value any one skill over another.
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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