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[KevinTheOmnivore]

Originally Posted by theapportioner

Sounds like a good idea, although I'm not sure how one'd go about implementing it on a mass scale. Knowing our government, we'd probably end up "volunteering" for companies like Monsanto or Merck.

I'm not sure why I'm responding to this now, but I read the thread again, and became interested.

Anyway, regarding the infrastructure for national service, well it's already there. Like I said, AmeriCorps is already set up, as is the PeaceCorps and TFA. I served for a year with AmeriCorps, and I loved it. I learned a lot in that year.

The problem with AmeriCorps is that it is constantly under attack from the anti-govt. crowd. Sometimes with good reason, because some AmeriCorps programs are quite worthless. But usually they just hate it b/c "you shouldn't get paid to volunteer." And Clinton created it, so there ya go. There was a good book on the passage of the National Service Act called "The Bill."

So anyway, the ground work is potentially there, if we were so inclined.