There are so many ways for this to go horribly wrong. We can't even trust the government to protect the basic freedoms provided to us by the constitution. I'm sure as shit not willing to let them start mandating labor, no matter noble the cause may be.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell