Make people work for government services.
Meaning, you have to contribute to society in order to take from it. This means mandatory community service (or national service) in order to receive any government benefits.
If you want education, medical services, food, whatever, volunteer in your community or join the military (or any other federal service) in order to earn those services that you are getting. If you don't want or need any assistance from the government then you can go about your business.
Simple solution. A person who already volunteers in the community can present their hours to a govt agency and get compensation for it. Specific compensation, not just a check. This would mean vouchers for medical, education, food, whatever. Voucher amount would depend on the amount of time they've contributed.
Sounds to me like a good solution to this public option idea.
*This is about the third time I've written about Public service/govt. assistance. Probably because I think it's a damn good idea that's probably not that hard to implement.
TANF already requires work. Expand a work requirement to all government assistance programs.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/law-reg/finalrule/aspesum.htm
Meaning, you have to contribute to society in order to take from it. This means mandatory community service (or national service) in order to receive any government benefits.
If you want education, medical services, food, whatever, volunteer in your community or join the military (or any other federal service) in order to earn those services that you are getting. If you don't want or need any assistance from the government then you can go about your business.
Simple solution. A person who already volunteers in the community can present their hours to a govt agency and get compensation for it. Specific compensation, not just a check. This would mean vouchers for medical, education, food, whatever. Voucher amount would depend on the amount of time they've contributed.
Sounds to me like a good solution to this public option idea.
*This is about the third time I've written about Public service/govt. assistance. Probably because I think it's a damn good idea that's probably not that hard to implement.
TANF already requires work. Expand a work requirement to all government assistance programs.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/law-reg/finalrule/aspesum.htm
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