08-25-2022, 08:30 PM
The last thing the military wants is mandatory service. They do not need a bunch of malcontents that can't be trusted to go in the right direction when ordered to run.
If you think bureaucracy is screwed up now, stick unwilling teenage participants in it.
Agreed, and I think that would apply to any endeavor conscription was applied to, even to something like VISTA.
But maybe an incentive as somebody already mentioned, could really make it work.
Assign a virtual wage to voluntary service that's routinely evaluated for active participation, and forgive one year of student loan for one year of service, maybe with a cap on what can be forgiven.
Maybe even offer a slightly higher virtual wage for humanitarian service.
Maybe, it's a stretch, but maybe by encouraging working with those whom, by virtue of being largely ignored by governments local and beyond, and by fellow man in general, the embers of human kindness might be fanned.
Making the world a better place for those who follow us...
What the hell was I thinking.
If you think bureaucracy is screwed up now, stick unwilling teenage participants in it.
Agreed, and I think that would apply to any endeavor conscription was applied to, even to something like VISTA.
But maybe an incentive as somebody already mentioned, could really make it work.
Assign a virtual wage to voluntary service that's routinely evaluated for active participation, and forgive one year of student loan for one year of service, maybe with a cap on what can be forgiven.
Maybe even offer a slightly higher virtual wage for humanitarian service.
Maybe, it's a stretch, but maybe by encouraging working with those whom, by virtue of being largely ignored by governments local and beyond, and by fellow man in general, the embers of human kindness might be fanned.
Making the world a better place for those who follow us...
What the hell was I thinking.