CALIFORNIA COLLEGE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT 2005

RESOLUTION BY THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING THE CITIZEN-INITIATED WORLD SERVICE CORPS PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION 

WHEREAS the World Service Corps (WSC) would put one million Americans serving in pockets of need at home and abroad and,

WHEREAS the WSC prepares us to better respond to the devastations of hurricanes, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks and,

WHEREAS the WSC will reduce the growing Ugly American image, terrorist recruitment, poverty, substandard housing and living conditions and,

WHEREAS the WSC cost effectively  produces more skilled, can-do Americans with a deeper understanding of domestic and international policy needs and,

WHEREAS the WSC produces education payments (or Medical Savings or IRA Account investments) upon service completion and thereby helps raise our knowledge and competitiveness in the world and,

WHEREAS a one million strong WSC serving over a 20 year sunset consideration clause offers a cost-effective and robust answer to the increasingly alarming and costly spread of terrorism as well as poverty and misunderstanding, and

WHEREAS such WSC service in the classrooms of the world will dramatically increase our understanding of the world and thereby decrease the likelihood of our nation making costly world and domestic policy mistakes, and

WHEREAS the WSC proposals, as reflected in the missions of the recognizable core organizations, offers peaceful, productive, skill building voluntary service to Americans aged 18 through 60+ in a time when Americans have shown their desire to do such service,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the California College Democrats supports the introduction and prompt passage of the World Service Corps citizen initiated legislation in Congress.

Eric Anthony, Secretary

California College Democrats passed this on November 12, 2005

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