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TheProgressive

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2. I see this as a good thing...

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 10:54 PM

Feb 2013

Some sort of national service after you graduate high school...

Pays for college...and provides a national service.

Seems like an honorable and patriotic program.

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H.R. 748 would require all persons in the US 18-25 to perform 'national service' [View all] Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 OP

Required service can be civilian service, like the CCC? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #1

I see this as a good thing... TheProgressive Feb 2013 #2

The Bush/Obama Trend has been anything BUT honorable and patriotic. This stinks of enforcers. n/t Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #3

With the emphasis on security, I'm not getting a good feeling about it. snot Feb 2013 #4

Full employment n/t PADemD Feb 2013 #5