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blackbootz · 2530 days ago · link · · parent · post: The New York Times is entirely too blase about these statistics.
Multiply your history by a hundred million. That's this country. It's ridiculous. I'll take this moment to plug my idea for a solution. A (non-compulsory but highly encouraged) service program, wherein 18 year olds spend a year or more in service to the country doing all the work that needs doing--caring for the elderly, daycare and education services, infrastructure improvement and development, etc.--and in exchange, you get free tuition at a public university. What do you think?