HR 1388????

[tumblebug]

 HR 1388 anybody???

[Hazcat]

H.R 1388 The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1388/show

OpenCongress Summary:

The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (formally the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act) authorizes a dramatic funding increase for AmeriCorps and other volunteer programs, and the creation of new programs for seniors and veterans. It establishes a goal of expanding from 75,000 government-supported volunteers to 250,000, and would increase education funding and establish a summer volunteer program for students, paying $500 (which would be applied to college costs) to high-school and middle-school student who participate.

President Barack Obama signed the legislation on April 21, 2009. While it authorizes $5.7 billion over six years, Congress must still approve the funding as part of the budget.

[MikeBjerum]

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/03/20/hr1388-mandatory-volunteerism/

Did a quick search to find this, and there is a lot of scary commentary on it.

[MikeBjerum]

I'm making comments without reading the whole thing, which is dangerous and normal for me ...

If it is mandatory, and if you get paid ($500 is as much as many students make in a seasonal summer job in the area anyway) how can you call it volunterism?

[tumblebug]

Got a e mail about HAMAS reffugees imigrating to U S on tax payer $$$$$$$$ 20.1 million 200,000+ people thru HR 1388????BS??

[Sponsor]

[MikeBjerum]

Got a e mail about HAMAS reffugees imigrating to U S on tax payer $$$$$$$$ 20.1 million 200,000+ people thru HR 1388????BS??

Oh F**K!!!

Maybe this should be on the flu thread or anyone of a dozen others, but let's join Mr. Peabody and Sherman in the Way Back Machine for a minute ... It is the late 19th and early 20th centuries ... Close the damn borders until we can get our lives in order!  No more mouths to feed, no more terrorists, no more disease carriers, no more anything until we get our ducks in a row.  Once we have things straight we can start an orderly process ... kinda like it was way back when.

[tumblebug]

Thats why I asked.

[tumblebug]

Thought I smelled something !