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. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Scott Raley -ITC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's not go from one extreme to another > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:19 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > >> Jer wrote: >> "What do people think about the idea of mandatory national service?" >> >> I don't like the idea of the Federal Gov't mandating any type of service > for >> law-abiding citizens. Also, I wonder how close this comes to violating > the >> 13th Amendment, which prohibits involuntary servitude. >> > > Kids aren't citizens, they're annoying little dumbfucks who we require > by law to stay in school until they're 16. > > Or something like that. But it should be upped to 21. > > Anyway, prison would be their other option. > > That's change I can believe in. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
