HOW ABOUT A "SERVICE TO AMERICA ACT"?

I am wondering why the Congress and the President do not encourage the youth of this nation to get more involved? And I am wondering why this country continues to allow the majority of it's all voluntary service people to come from the low income levels of our society? With that in mind, I propose that the Congress and the President should pass a "Service To America Act", that requires all of our nation's young people to serve two and a half years in service to the country. The act would require all young people to enter into service at some point between the ages of 18 and 25. This would allow them the flexibility to first enroll in college for some or all of the first four years. Then, when they decide to fulfill their service to America requirements, they could chose not only to go into one of the branches of the military for the minimum 2.5 years, or longer if they choose to re-enlist at the end of the 2.5 years, but they could also have the option of serving in such programs as VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), the Peace Corps, as well as several other options, including perhaps The National Guard, or maybe working at the many ports helping to inspect the cargo coming into this country, and so on.