Now HERE is a volunteer force....

Update 12:31 am: Via one of Instapundit's readers:

Looks like the change.gov site is true to it's title - it changes!

During the time when I was looking at the blog you linked to concerned mandatory community service the change.gov page saying "require community service" changed to goal for community service. The new wording is:

"..... Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."

I found the the cached page on Google it has the original "required" wording.

Looks like they caught their "mistake". Now will the real plan please step forward -- goal or required. (Although the way government sets goals, they often wind up looking like requirements so maybe the two aren't all that different.)


Found in the comments at the soon to be retired Kim du Toit (read him now or forever lose it...) by djmoore of Ricketyclick

The subject is Obama's requirement of Mandatory volunteerism:
Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55


Here is the comment:
...encourage Congress, pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, to establish, equip, and train a real militia, offering high school students and willing adults firearms training as well as general emergency response stuff such as search and rescue, fire suppression, and first aid. There would also be however-many hours of community service. This program would be as ubiquitous, and about as rigorous, as driver’s ed.

Graduates get a militia card, entitling them to a single subsidized purchase of a semi-auto version of the current military issue weapon, subsidized purchase of appropriate practice ammo, further unlimited purchase of non-auto firearms without registration or interference; and free carry, open or concealed.

Card to be renewed annually following refresher training musters.

Accommodation as necessary to ensure that the elderly, handicapped, and curmudgeonly can arm themselves without militia membership.

Membership of course gets you a slot in the emergency call up phone tree.

Properly handled, this would be so popular the nation’s needs could be met voluntarily.

Fair’s fair, right? Spirit of compromise, and all that?

This would be OUTSTANDING! Wonder if we could implement something like that at the state level?