TO: Jules Crittenden
RE: About Time….
….people caught up.
I argued something like this in high school debate in the late 60s.
Entry was immediately upon leaving the K-12 range of education. No one could leave that until they were 17. If they left before then, they either home-schooled and tested clear or their parents paid merry-hell.
All of the participants would go through 2 months of classic basic training, no matter what branch/department they were opting for. This was to teach them self-confidence and how to live/get-along-with others. Not only that, but it provides for a population that is trained to the point that they could, effectively, resist an effort of any sort to overthrown the Constitution.
As for the Work Corps concept, we were thinking along the lines of already established programs; Peace Corps, VISTA, etc. But not limiting it to those. We’d have included work in other government agencies; GSA, Forest Service, Border Patrol, etc. Real jobs requiring real skills that could be put to real use after they finished their obligation.
At the end of their obligation, a GI Bill akin to what I enjoyed as a Vietnam Era vet. [Note: I got a bachelors and a masters out of it.]
People who dropped or were driven out got no benefits.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[The people that trains together, remains together.]
