Hmmm... is the National Service you’re talking about like Americore? Could you give me a link to some of the proposals?
You can’t get something from nothing. Until there’s a critical mass of young minorities with the skills and discipline they need to survive in society they’ll have the only morality they know. The ghetto.
The best link that shows that both parties involved is from http://www.talkleft.com/story/2004/09/22/510/80101
Some more at FR, use keyword search nationalservice
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594306/posts
Time to call it a night!