Re:Obama (was) to require 100 hours of community service a y...
by nradov on Friday November 07, 2008 @08:45PM
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Essentially they are planning to pay college students who choose to participate $40/hour to do community service work. That seems like a great deal for students, and a bad deal for taxpayers. How many college students are actually worth $40, or even $20?
It would be better if they required something like 300 hours of work to get the $4000. That would be closer to the market rate for unskilled labor. And it would only be 6 hours per week for 50 weeks per year, which any full-time student could manage.
Meanwhile the federal budget deficit continues to grow unchecked...
It would be better if they required something like 300 hours of work to get the $4000. That would be closer to the market rate for unskilled labor. And it would only be 6 hours per week for 50 weeks per year, which any full-time student could manage.
Meanwhile the federal budget deficit continues to grow unchecked...