Conservatives plan "National Citzens Service"

Finally the Conservative party have explained how they will pay for keeping up a high standard of public services whilst cutting the budget! The solution is a cunning and exploitative scheme to force young people to ancillary/low paid jobs for no pay at all- all under the nice sounding "voluntary" banner.

The plan is essential to put all 16 year olds on a 2 month summer camp, the kind of thing that brings up images of the Nazi youth in my mind; and send them off to work for things like looking after old people.

This plan is both flawed and evil. If 16 year olds were forced to work (which is of course slavery), probably because the old Tories think that all young people are yobs who need a bit of social enlightenment then; firstly these people couldn't be working in an alternative (paid) job of there choice; secondly they could be doing something more enlightening the looking after old people- like socialising with each other instead of watching TV / playing computer games / listening to music all day; and lastly (allthough there is more to be said) the people being cared for by these slaves would be saving money and getting richer whilst they should be paying for their care.

We have got to a point in this society where people expect something for nothing. Young people are saddled with rising debt / costs, as they are increasingly heavily marketed too, forcing each individual to buy more and more things to keep up there image and compete with there peers. On the other hand, as you move higher up the age groups people typically become richer, and often have savings to draw upon. Why then should we force impoverished young people to work for them without pay?

Some people will read this and react in anger, claiming that young people are loaded and that they always spend lavishly. This is a shocking misconseption. In reality the average 16 year old has a £800 disposable each year- which is around 35 times less than the typical working adult. Admittedly they may not have to account for utility bills or mortgage payment (although in many cases they will only inherit these debts when there parents die).

It's time we ended the inequality gap by fairer policies on government investment and taxation. The tories need to wake up and stop treating youngsters like puppets just becuase they can't vote to stop it.