Anne
2008-11-15 08:55:56
My main problem with Obama’s incentives for community service, and the expansion of programs like Americorps and the Peace Corps (which bloody rejected me four years ago when I applied, based on a long-recovered-from childhood illness) is that these will replace incentives for young people to join the military. As useful as some of this community service is, it pales in comparison to the necessity and usefulness of military service. I don’t want to see the military’s ranks shrink because kids figure they can get the same tuition help by picking up trash.
