i’m getting the sense he’s going from project to project in his agenda, if it doesn’t work now, e.g. shelving that mess he wants to create for American Vets insurance he’s going to hop on another train and here’s his new one, this mandatory service thing. Our economic issues have yet to be resolved and it’s on-going- paraphrase D. Axelrod about “people aren’t really concerned with AIG , etc. etc....
What flumoxxes me is this:If this is MANDATORY Volunteerism there’s a catch in this because there’s the carrot/stick mentality here. People don’t do things for free (this stuff anyway) unless they are altruistic and truly motivated. Key WORD: ALTRUISM This is Othugo’s mistake.
I think it’s masochistic for individuals with intelligence to ponder their future if they DON”T “volunteer” . Is it titillating to think that if you are out of college , grown, kids in the house that someone would come to knock on your door to tell you that you HAVE to volunteer? Requiring all regardless of age to mandatory volunteerism is quite a feat. I know many people, as all of you do, that are aged, infirm or physically or mentally disabled. What is going to happen to them? Are they going to get locked up or something because of their situation? Othugo can’t make these people do something they can’t or even won’t, just my humble opinion,that’s all.
Most people will fall in line if they are physically able ... if not off to the soylent green factory.