I spent much of last night looking at the site. It is amazing what plans he has for using the people under the guise of “volunteerism”...;) (this is a partial list)
The Obama Administration will:
- expand AmeriCorps from 75,000 slots today to 250,000
- double the Peace Corps to 16,000 by 2011
- create a new Classroom Corps
- create a new Health Corps
- create a Clean Energy Corps
- create a Veterans Corps
- call on citizens of all ages to serve America
- require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school every year
- require 100 hours of community service in college every year
- encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55
- promote youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start
- create a program to directly engage disadvantaged youth in energy efficiency opportunities
- ensure that low-income Americans have transportation access to jobs
- create a prison-to-work incentive program and reduce barriers to employment
- raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011
- provide all low and middle-income workers a $500 Making Work Pay tax credit
- expand the highly-successful Nurse-Family Partnership to all 570,000 low-income, first-time mothers each year
- support guaranteeing workers seven paid sick days per year
- create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to develop affordable housing in mixed-income neighborhoods
- create 20 Promise Neighborhoods in areas that have high levels of poverty and crime and low levels of student academic achievement in cities across the nation
- set up an America’s Voice Initiative to send Americans who are fluent speakers of local languages to expand our public diplomacy
What about commmunity service for those inner city school drop outs?
Will they be part of the new Welfare Corps?
Maybe he’ll create a new Drug Service. Home delivery.
We exist to serve the state. That’s the Obama message.
These “corps” monstrosities make me sick.
“create 20 Promise Neighborhoods in areas that have high levels of poverty and crime and low levels of student academic achievement in cities across the nation”
I think Democrat mayors across the nation have already accomplished this for him.
Lets all re-read Germany history in the 1930’s.
Those who ignore history are likely to repeat it.
God blessAmerica!
Nowhere is there any suggestion that African Americans need to get off their A44es and get off welfare and food stamps.
He just goes on and on with groups to do things that allow them to keep making babies.
This election can be summed up:
The Have-nots against the Haves.
EYES everywhere!
Guess that means that those of us with minivans will "volunteer" to drive them to their jobs.