RE: National Service
February 11, 2017 at 7:46 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2017 at 7:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We're not talking about slavery or involuntary servitude. How many time does that have to be said? In any national service that would be legal in the us..even a compulsory one..you could opt out.
There is absolutely nothing that's intrinsically unconstitutional about a national service. We've flirted with the idea of establishing one, more than just a handful of times. That has never been an issue. It would be expensive. It would be difficult to establish or enforce. It would fall heavily upon the poor. It could be argued that it establishes a second class citizen status. It could devalue private enterprise.
There is absolutely nothing that's intrinsically unconstitutional about a national service. We've flirted with the idea of establishing one, more than just a handful of times. That has never been an issue. It would be expensive. It would be difficult to establish or enforce. It would fall heavily upon the poor. It could be argued that it establishes a second class citizen status. It could devalue private enterprise.
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