8/14/2009, 9:00 am
Q: What do you think of national, a mandatory national service?
OBAMA: You know, I am actually a big supporter. My wife ran a AmeriCorp program –national service program – in Chicago, and I would actually like to see a system in which every young person had to get involved in some capacity whether it was military service, non for profit work, government work for a year or two of their lives.
I think a lot of young people would jump at the chance if it weren't for the fact that their coming out of college with 50,000, 70,000 a 100,000 dollars worth of debt. So if we tied national service – a mandatory national service – to debt relief for young people, then I think you would see a lot of takers.
UPDATE:
Obama will be announcing the implementation of the "Civilian Community Service Corps" on 9.11 in LaFayette Park.
Posted by Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs on Friday, August 07, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Note that Obama always uses the word "a" when he should say "an"... perhaps it just sounds like his other favorite word "Uhhh." I also wonder what "non for profit" means. Apparently the rules of English grammer are as meaningless to him as the Constitution.
OBAMA: You know, I am actually a big supporter. My wife ran a AmeriCorp program –national service program – in Chicago, and I would actually like to see a system in which every young person had to get involved in some capacity whether it was military service, non for profit work, government work for a year or two of their lives.
I think a lot of young people would jump at the chance if it weren't for the fact that their coming out of college with 50,000, 70,000 a 100,000 dollars worth of debt. So if we tied national service – a mandatory national service – to debt relief for young people, then I think you would see a lot of takers.
UPDATE:
Obama will be announcing the implementation of the "Civilian Community Service Corps" on 9.11 in LaFayette Park.
Posted by Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs on Friday, August 07, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Note that Obama always uses the word "a" when he should say "an"... perhaps it just sounds like his other favorite word "Uhhh." I also wonder what "non for profit" means. Apparently the rules of English grammer are as meaningless to him as the Constitution.


