It’s Their Fault

In keeping with yesterdays post about service jobs needing to become more visible… today Barack Obama spoke in Colorado Springs about careers in public service, and how the U.S. needs to expand options for those willing to serve. From the Colorado Independent:

Obama called for an expansion of the AmeriCorps program by 250,000 people, including people who want to serve as teachers and people who want to serve in a new “energy corps” that would work on renewable energy progress across the country.

“Americans have shown they want to step up but we’re not leveraging that,” Obama said. “People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve because when it comes to the challenges we face the American people are not the problem they are the answer.”

(Video of speech here. AP link here.)