Pete Buttigieg recommended a national service program for all young Americans to help mend the divisions in the country
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Monday night advocated a form of national public service for all young adults as a way to create unity among Americans.
"We really want to talk about the threat to social cohesion that helps characterize this presidency but also just this era," the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "One thing we could do that would change that would be to make it, if not legally obligatory, but certainly a social norm that anybody after they're 18 spends a year in national service."Buttigieg mentioned that for him as well as several former presidents, including John F.
Buttigieg was vague about what would constitute national service, but both he and Maddow acknowledged it would most likely not be a military draft. Without saying the program would be mandatory, Buttigieg did suggest colleges and employers ask applicants about participation in it. The Indiana mayor said a national service program could be a tool to bridge deepening divisions in American society and increase public participation. Buttigieg mentioned that similar proposals have been made in the past and generally been widely popular. Still, he acknowledged creating such a program could be a long shot.
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