What do folk think of the 'national service' idea that is being bandied around by some?  Not military, but involving some sort of productive activity.  At the same time, some believe that community service and even a modernised 'national service' is getting stuff done for nothing.  I'd disagree with the suggestion that community service workers ought to be being paid (they are repaying a debt, after all), but would have thought that NS ought to be remunerative work.