I don't like the government mandating what I do with my 'free' time. Seems more like servitude than anythign else if its mandatory.
Also, its not patriotic if its mandatory. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama is proposing a pretty broad program of national service geared > toward middle school, high school and college students. At one point > it was being discussed as mandatory. Now the language looks to have > softened. > > http://change.gov/americaserves/ > > What do people think about the idea of mandatory national service? > > Personally, I like the idea. I think that serving your country is > patriotic and could help get a lot done. I have some practical qualms, > wondering if we'd be able to effectively use the volunteer power at > hand or if it would really go to waste. I'd also be concerned about > kids that are working a lot in addition to school. How much time do > they really have? But 50 hours a year seems pretty doable for most > situations and I really do like the ideal. > > Thoughts? > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279485 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
