Earlier today, on the official Presidential transition web site:
Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year.
Within hours of hitting the blogosphere, the plan was changed to this:
Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free.
Well, I’m glad someone over there realized it was a bad idea. So who’s writing this stuff? Will Obama blame wayward staffers again? At some point he has to start taking responsibility for his administration.
You can find the original page in Google’s cache (via Acre of Independence, via Instapundit), for however long it lasts. After that, there’s a copy at Overlawyered (again via Instapundit).
UPDATE: LGF points out that they missed something when they airbrushed the page:
Require 100 Hours of Service in College: Obama and Biden will establish a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that is worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year.
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