re: #47 lightspeed

Sorry, but this is nothing like Obama proposing mandatory public service for students. He hasn’t done anything officially yet, but he has talked about it, as well as talked about creating a civilian force that rivals the size of the military. (snip)

The core of this idea is an expansion of the NCCC, an Americorps
element that tracks back to the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps
run by the Army Corps of Engineers. I worked with an NCCC team for
a year on Habitat houses. They were spectacular (non-useless) kids.