· Winning hearts and minds by improving living conditions and thereby erasing radical “isms.”
· Meshing opportunity and responsibility between AWSC volunteers and those with whom they work.
· Building an army of can-do Americans always ready to handle hurricanes, earthquakes, and other disasters.
· Strengthening national pride and cohesion by drawing a mix of Americans into inspiring national service through existing governmental and non-governmental agencies.
In the 50’s and 60’s, America with its strong and growing middle class was engaged in a Cold War with a threatening “ism.” “Ugly American” was a well-know image hung on Americans when John Kennedy became president in 1960. By 1961, his Peace Corps began changing that ugly image. Today America, with a burdened and shrinking middle class, is engaged in a Terror War with another “ism,” and America’s policies are tagged with an uglier image.
Kennedy quickly wanted the Peace Corps to reach, “A million… then it would be considered significant…” Thirty-six years later only about 150,000 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers have served abroad.
Among the 21 nations that make up the Middle East, South and East Africa, and Indonesia, about 910 million mostly Muslims reside. Early in 2007, only 56 Peace Corps Volunteers were serving among them, all in Jordan.
We won’t contain a morphing Terror War with missiles. We will contain it with American volunteers erasing the seeds of poverty, ignorance, and hatred that breed terrorism.
Cost-effectively fielding a million American volunteers a year for twenty-seven years is doable. People’s Lobby proposes seven revenue streams to fund the AWSC investment in our future. With bold, visionary presidential leadership, just one of those streams, our painless Forbes Richest 2% solution, can totally fund the AWSW. The 2% solution will make heroes of those 400 billionaires who embrace it, as well as the president who convinces them to be heroes while on earth.
Presidential candidates continuously lobby our richest to finance their campaigns. Wouldn’t using those fundraising to inspire the Forbes 400 to donate 2% of their $1.25+ trillion of accumulated wealth be a more effective means to rebuild the earth, expand their wealth, and establish the finest electoral tradition.
When Ted Turner donated his one billion in 1997, he said:
“There are so many rich guys in the world, billionaires. The world is awash in money and nobody knows what to do with it. We don't want the money they know what to do with, just the money they don't know what to do with."
People’s Lobby 2% Forbes Solution and six other AWSC financing mechanisms are at http://www.worldservicecorps.us/financing_awsc.htm
The world needs more suffering kids adopted. Needs more disturbing documentaries seen. Needs more Inconvenient Truth power point presenters…
But to take the next giant leap for mankind, the world needs a million Americans a year serving under the umbrella of the American World Service Corps (AWSC). A healthy Live World can’t wait.
AWSC summary info with links to details is athttp://worldservicecorps.us/peoples%20lobby%20has.htm(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
