And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.

     My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

President John F. Kennedy

Why you should lead on introducing People’s Lobby citizen-initiated American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Proposals…

· Robust, cost effective voluntary national service…

· Katrina needed the American World Service Corps…

· The time has come to serve… peacefully and productively.. at home and abroad…

· Mission not missiles…

· A winning strategy that barn-building Americans understand & support.

Why will sending a million Americans per year (.5 of 1%) for twenty + years strengthen American volunteers, America, and the world? Because AWSC volunteers…

· Earn additional education through indelible service experiences…

· Build initiative and character while establishing personal economic and educational self-sufficiency…

· Raise the public policy IQ of Independents, Democrats, and Republicans…

· Reduce terrorist recruitments by winning hearts and minds…

Why today, and in the long run, the AWSC saves America BIG MONEY. Because the AWSC…

· Cost effectively invests in America’s economic and educational infrastructure…

· Eradicates seeds of future conflicts..

How can we fund 27 years of 20+ million Americans erasing the growing Ugly American image? By using People’s Lobby’s innovative funding streams in the proposed legislation or simply by using the one that lobbies our wealthiest…

· Forbes 2% Solution… http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/12/18434960.php

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Well, I think a national volunteer program would be fantastic. When I teach my college course, I see so many students that want to put something back, what to do something for the world…

“To me, all those provide service not only internationally but domestically. I could see where this sort of volunteerism would have been effective for Hurricane Katrina, or elsewhere. So we could have international and domestic. I would like to see our government capture all the options, build the program, “and then put it in out high schools and colleges as an option. So on career day you can look at these steps and these options and this would be explained as to where you feel you can best serve….

General Zinni

“Today, America depends on its military for its national security. They bear the brunt of the ‘Global War on Terrorism’. We need more. The nation building stability of the American World Service Corps will reduce the pressure on our military, by creating robust teams of volunteers that reinforce American values here and abroad. These teams will significantly contribute to world security and stability…”

General Paul Monroe

“But I do not have to imagine peace anymore. I recently learned of an organization called Peoples Lobby sponsoring citizen-initiated World Service Corps Congressional Proposals. They have proposed legislation that were our congress to enact it would surely bring about world peace. It does not depend on bombs, tanks, guns and bullets. It does depend on the good hearts of the American people…

Gold Star Dad Michael Berg

“If this World Service Crops had existed when my son wanted to serve, he would be alive today…,” said a hardened Gold Star mom of her idealistic son. “He went to Iraq with so much idealism. But after the first few days, in his calls, I could detect his increasing dejection. In the end, he was saying, ‘Why are we here?’”

Gold Star Mom Nadia McCaffrey