Obama Biden American World Service Corps
request
[Please forward to proper
Senatorial and campaign personnel.]
Initially sent 9-7-08
“Yes, we can…”
The 21st century army we need
Congratulations
on your campaign’s selection of Joe Biden, for a great convention, and for
exemplifying two great families in the upcoming campaign.
For
decades, you have been considering legislative means of improving the world and
As
you well know, problems have spiked over recent years. Doubling the size of the Peace Corps,
AmeriCorps, and Head Start helps. But
the breath and depth of problems requires a much bolder strategy. The AWSC Congressional Proposals dramatically
expand those and many other existing do-good governmental and nongovernmental
organizations into the robust forces that today’s world needs.
Implementing
the AWSC proposals fields 21 million American volunteers over the next 27
years. The AWSC provides the opportunity
for Middle Americans of all ages to serve and understand the world, cover
educational costs, and build safe and secure housing and retirement for
themselves and others.
Done
properly, the AWSC can inspire other nations to field similarly sized forces
for good. If that happens, robust
international World Service Corps will provide actions and examples that,
unlike mere words, will change the world.
Via
implementing the AWSC’s unique financing mechanisms, we can also involve the
super rich and mega corporations in voluntarily investing their wealth in
making the future safer for their children and grandchildren. One of those proposed funding mechanisms is
the Forbes 2% Solution. The Forbes 2%
Solution addresses the economic migraines
If
Barack and you are elected, you could use the AWSC to change the world. You could use its voluntary financing
mechanisms to inspire some of
After
your election or perhaps even during your campaign, why not have a working
class lunch that would galvanize working Americans who could imagine, pay
attention to, and appreciate this outside of the lunch box effort.
Imagine
that shortly after electing a couple hard working middle class guys to run the
country, you guys invite the Forbes 400 Richest Americans, and perhaps some
other unlisted billionaires, to a White House White Castle lunch. (If
There you both speak of the state of the
world, middle-class housing and education needs, and the greatness of Americans
when they fight a common enemy and build community. You speak of the benefits to them and their
loved ones of fielding a robust AWSC.
You speak of the need for a new strategy, a fresh kind of productive
service, a peaceful nation building army that addresses 21st century
Global Village needs.
You
demand nothing of these rich and powerful.
You just talk to them about the AWSC legislation, which hopefully is
introduced by then. You point them to
the AWSC website and its Forbes 400 Richest Charitable Donations spreadsheet,
where Forbes shows that very few have made noticeable charitable contributions
to address American and world needs.
Some of those billionaires will be moved to help underwrite the
generation long AWSC investment in doing what needs doing.
In
1982,
Slowly
Americans are awakening to the tsunami of problems approaching. Slowly they are becoming aware of crippling
economic disparities. Quickly we need to
address these issues.
Surging and serving to defeat 21st
century problems
Implementing
a robust AWSC addresses these problems by surging peaceful, productive troops
into the field of economic development.
Simultaneously, it gives Middle Americans another means to serve and
earn their way up the economic and educational ladder. While doing good, the AWSC raises our public
policy IQ, so that we make smarter public policy decisions in the future.
The
AWSC is the “Power of our example” that the world and
The
AWSC offers the Barney Smith families another hand up, rather than a hand out
to the Smith Barney family.
Imagine
how much more quickly
The
AWSC provides the teams that will strengthen
The
key AWSC proposed bill is at
http://www.worldservicecorps.us/world%20service%20key%20proposal%202yr%20volunteer.htm
Information
on financing the AWSC is at http://www.worldservicecorps.us/financing_awsc.htm
An
op-ed titled “The 2% Forbes solution to a well-armed Live Earth” is at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/12/18434960.php
People’s
Lobby has sought support from the all the presidential candidates for its
nonpartisan AWSC Congressional Proposals.
Senator Obama wrote this about the AWSC Proposals after learning about
it on the campaign trail, http://www.worldservicecorps.us/Obama%20worthwhile%20journey.doc His staffers have followed up with phone
discussions since.
During
the August 2007 recess, I met with the bipartisan staffers listed at this link
and received positive AWSC feedback from all http://worldservicecorps.us/staff%20met%20august%2007.htm. People’s Lobby has maintained email and phone
contact with several of them since, as we move forward seeking Congressional
sponsors.
Would
you let us know if your staff is interested in helping move the AWSC
Congressional Proposals forward?
American World Service Corps www.WorldServiceCorps.us
AWSC summary info http://worldservicecorps.us/peoples%20lobby%20has.htm
People's Lobby www.PeoplesLobby.us
Dwayne Hunn, Ph.D., Executive Director 415-383-7880
Author of "Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary"
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