American Analysis: A National Youth Service Program

Sunday, October 13, 2024

A National Youth Service Program

Food for thought

A National Youth Service Program

"For the very first time, the young see history being made before it is censored by their elders."

Margaret Mead

Before we rush to reaffirm free college tuition, student loans, FHA Mortgages, and other entitlements to our youth, things we can barely afford, why don't we offer these luxury entitlements only to qualified young people willing to give back to the country?

Our nation desperately needs a National Youth Service Program to remedy the personnel shortages in areas like classroom teachers' assistants, school tutoring, neighborhood youth program workers, border patrol auxiliary force, police auxiliary force, environmental improvement, military service, and much more. Let's offer our youth a fair deal, not a free lunch. Fairness must be guaranteed with a random lottery draft system, where military service is but a choice.

A large portion of our American youth are accustomed to protection from foreign foes, automatic entitlements, Godless relative morality, oblivious to patriotism, disregard for meritocracy, government services, and more, without rendering any service to society. This has never been conducive to a sense of belonging, direction, national pride, and goals. Let's not waste our most valuable resource.