[JeeperFreeper]

Join the military and get help with college( a program already in existence) Now that's an idea that fails to connect with liberal youth. It's too blase and risky. Might be dangerous and require discipline and hard work, too. On the other hand, go hobnob with the the hoipolloi, feel smug in superiority, drink beer, smoke dope in "community service" near home in return for college help. Now that's an idea the Kerry Kids can endorse. And, like daddy's credit card bil, who cares how it's paid for?

[T.Smith]

You sort of beat me to it. I was going to say that a program like this already exists. It's called "The GI Bill" and "Tuition Assistance".

Tuition assistance paid for my undergraduate degree and the GI Bill was enough to pay for graduate school. All I had to do was serve my country for four short years. Not a bad trade.