yeah or even just minimum wage. Or less. I am pretty sure that when I was in VISTA I was earning less than minimum wage.
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I think it would be better to give incentives to do it than to make it >>mandatory. I think national service of some kind is a good idea, but >>some kids may be ready at 15 and others at 19. It has to be useful >>service, otherwise it is merely bad custodial care for teenagers. >> >>I also like the idea of making it not just something that teenagers >>do. Plenty of brainpower is currently wasting away in the minds of >>senior citizens who eke out a pension working at McDonald's. If you >>could provide a small stipend to remove the financial disincentive, a >>lot of them would probably love to help. Grandmas running daycares and >>maybe grandpa helping out a mentoring program for at-risk youth. >> >>America wastes a lot of its human resources right now. > > How about something like this, have vouchers for 6 months at the person's > college or university of their choice (within limits of course) for every > year of voluntary public service after highschool. This could be the > military, the equivalent of the CCC of the New Deal, working in poor rural or > urban areas doing community work etc. The students would be given housing and > paid a stipend. > > As for the seniors, something like free health care for x number of hours per > week worked in community projects, daycare etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
