re: #59 Decatur Deb

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.

Yes, and I don’t doubt that the kids were great. I just don’t like the idea of government involvement, especially if the service is mandated. What types of projects will the organiztion take on? Will the voluteers be used to help facilitate liberal pet projects only to be re-purposed on conservative ones when a new administration comes in? As I have said, I have no problem with the government giving incentives to private voluteer organizations.