[honeychile]

Russ, I am only going to reply to your last comment.

How many dead-end people do you see each week?

How many people do you know who have been killed by improper use of a weapon?

How many people do you know who served in the CCC or other such services in the 1930's?

Because of my job, I have seen thousands of people with virtually no real hope of ever having a real job. Girls who had their first baby at 12, guys who have been searched by the police day after day simply because they are on the wrong street & are black. Women who feel that the sole purpose of our government is to incarcerate every black man under 40; men who will never be able to have more than manual labor because of a prison record.

I also see elderly clients whose lives were changed drastically because they did join the CCC or such in the 1930's. People who literally had the clothes on their backs, and are now aged & frankly, very well off. While I'm sure they exist, I've yet to meet a CCC "graduate" who isn't very well off to rich - and each credit the skills they learned in CCC with their drive.

Forget about the mass expansion of government; the labor unions will kill this idea long before it goes very far.