This is how I see one of Barrack Obama's proposals. I'm not a great expert on it, only heard him speak about it. But it's something like this.
We help you go to college, with payments, so more people get educated. In return, you do community service.
It seems like a good idea, but I'm a bit wary. One, especially with our current economy, it seems a bit far fetched. How much are we going to help? Public colleges only? Community colleges? Do you need a certain GPA?
Everyone isn't as lucky as us, given that we're a wealthy area, but many people have pulled themselves out of poverty by sheer work. It almost seems like just some words. I don't see how it'd work. It'd be a logistical nightmare, keeping track of all that. Did so and so(All 50 million of them) do their 25 hours of community work this year?
I think it's all great and inspiring, and I love learning more than most, so I think it'd be great if more people got educated, but it seems like something that's not really something that can be accomplished in a reasonable way.
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I think that a lot of the ideas and proposals being thrown out right now by the presidential candidates are kept extremely vague in hopes of attracting such interest as you now have. Most people would not have sat down and blogged about it - they would have heard the speech and said, well, that sounds like a pretty good idea to me, and a good guy said it. Things are simplified right now. I do believe it is an interesting idea though.
In terms of executing such a plan, since the government is giving out money without receiving it, the community service would need to be very focused on specific things that the government would otherwise be spending money on. That seems really basic, but it is essential in my view. Also, in some areas, people with the real skills and talents needed to do certain works would be required in certain fields.
There are lots of issues, and we'll only hear the real plan if he's elected...enticing no?
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