What do you think about what is written on Obama’s new website?

Written By: admin on July 30, 2009 One Comment

http://change.gov/americaserves/

"America Serves "When you choose to serve — whether it’s your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood — you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That’s why it’s called the American dream."

The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will make a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plot 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, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start."

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"by developing a plot to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year."
YES IT SAYS "REQUIRE"

And I wonder what he means when he says "encourage retiring Americans to serve"