Resolution BY the
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.
California
College Democrats passed this on November 12, 2005