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**golfmenorca** · 11-07-2008, 11:09 PM

As chief of staff, Emanuel will not be in a position to directly introduce public policy, but his enthusiasm for compulsory service, combined with Barack Obama's own plan to require high school students to perform 50 hours of government-approved service, suggest an unfortunate direction for the new administration How is this a bad thing?

While I do not support mandatory military service (ALA Israel and other nations, Turkey too I think?) having 3 months of civil sevice and training would maybe be a good thing for all post-teens.

PROVIDED, of course, that they are not denied the opportunity to work and bring a salary home to their family.

This would have to be worked out in such a way that an individual would not be denied a job or a chance at life because of a mandatory service. How would this be worked out?

You obviously cannot expect a minimum wage teen or cleaning crew late shift worker to be expected to do the same as everyone else, but also, is it fair to delay Medical School for our most tallented?

3 months may not be long enough to cause any problems, but I can't see how you could train these peopel in that time and actually make them productive in that time frame........

Any thoughts?

11-07-2008, 11:09 PM	#39
golfmenorca Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	As chief of staff, Emanuel will not be in a position to directly introduce public policy, but his enthusiasm for compulsory service, combined with Barack Obama's own plan to require high school students to perform 50 hours of government-approved service, suggest an unfortunate direction for the new administration How is this a bad thing? While I do not support mandatory military service (ALA Israel and other nations, Turkey too I think?) having 3 months of civil sevice and training would maybe be a good thing for all post-teens. PROVIDED, of course, that they are not denied the opportunity to work and bring a salary home to their family. This would have to be worked out in such a way that an individual would not be denied a job or a chance at life because of a mandatory service. How would this be worked out? You obviously cannot expect a minimum wage teen or cleaning crew late shift worker to be expected to do the same as everyone else, but also, is it fair to delay Medical School for our most tallented? 3 months may not be long enough to cause any problems, but I can't see how you could train these peopel in that time and actually make them productive in that time frame........ Any thoughts?
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