MarkJ
2008-04-18 13:34:36
The “Work Corps” idea is certainly interesting and may even be viable. To a certain extent, I hasten to note, this concept resembles the quasi-military “Reichsarbeitsdienst” (RAD – National Labor Service) created during the early 1930′s in *horrors!* Nazi Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst
Alas, I suspect the Left, being eternal complainers, would quickly develop objections to any future “Work Corps” on a variety of grounds. Among these complaints would be, of course, the very real possibility that, like the RAD in peacetime, it would be a de facto “farm club for the Armed Forces” or, in wartime, quickly morph into an integral–even weaponized–auxiliary of the Armed Forces.
