During the campaign, Barack Obama proposed tripling AmeriCorps, the full-time community service program, at a cost of roughly $3 billion. John McCain, though less specific, also supported a large expansion in national service. That consensus had grown around national service before the economic crisis — which has only strengthened the argument for it. Franklin Roosevelt…

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