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John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. This is not a draft, nor is it military. Young people will be trained not as soldiers, but simply as citizens who understand their responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster, an epidemic or a terrorist attack. Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose.
They are taking recruits who do not have a diploma
Can't speak for active duty, but in the Guard, we allow people to enlist without a diploma, but then do everything we can go have them get their GED. We'll send them to GED class full time, with full pay and benefits.
I have been in places where Civil Service was mandatory.
It was seen as a short period of life that everyone had to perform.
Just like in the US, when we have had a draft, not everyone did military service. The DOT gets lots of people to tend bouys and clean the beaches, to patch potholes and pickup trash from the road side. The Forestry Service gets folks to do trail maintenance.
Our own history of using the draft shows this is how we handle COs, likewise other nations do this also.
John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. This is not a draft, nor is it military. Young people will be trained not as soldiers, but simply as citizens who understand their responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster, an epidemic or a terrorist attack. Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose.
From Rahm's book.
In today's "What's in it for me?" society, JFKs statement is very humorous...
Volunteer Act passed the house and they took the mandatory part out but it could be slipped back in the senate. Obama said an national security force as well equiped and manned as our military (WHY) to act along with our police force. It's agianst our laws to have our military acting inside our borders, why do we need a national police as well armed as the military? Is he scared of a military coup?
Volunteer Act passed the house and they took the mandatory part out but it could be slipped back in the senate. Obama said an national security force as well equiped and manned as our military (WHY) to act along with our police force. It's agianst our laws to have our military acting inside our borders, why do we need a national police as well armed as the military? Is he scared of a military coup?
There is a section in it calling for making it mandatory to be studied...incrementalism...
There is a section in it calling for making it mandatory to be studied...incrementalism...
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