Guest essay by Eric Worrall

Trailing Democrat Presidential Candidate Marianne Williams has demanded a year of military style conscription for all young people, to help combat the climate crisis.

Marianne Williamson wants a national mandatory service for people ages 18-26 to combat climate change

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
USA TODAY September 20, 2019

At a presidential climate change forum on Thursday, author and Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson floated the idea of a national mandatory year of service for young adults to tackle climate change.

“I would like to ask your opinion, I think during the ‘season of repair,’ we should have a mandatory national service, one year, for people between 18 and 26 because we need you,” Williamson said. “We need to fix this climate. We need to fix this country.”

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She lists service projects including helping in small businesses, schools, hospitals, the military, the Peace Corps and work on sustainability and to “combat the climate crisis.”

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/19/marianne-williamson-proposes-mandatory-national-service-climate-forum/2376414001/

I suspect this policy idea will wreck whatever is left of Marianne’s chances.

When kids protest about climate change, their protests usually include a demand that someone else does the hard work. It seems unlikely climate believers will support a plan which involves them getting off their own butts.