The only firm proposal I've seen was the 4000 dollar tuition credit for college in exchange for 100 hours of community service. That's 40 bucks an hour. Doesn't seem a bad quid pro quo to me. Might not fly in states like Georgia where the Hope scholarship pays for college, but could be a good idea elsewhere.
And fifty hours a year for high school students works out to less than an hour a week. Any kid has that much spare time. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:279561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
