March 26, 2009

Republicans roll over on Obamajugend program

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On the march in America


Says the DC Examiner,

To begin with, the legislation threatens the voluntary nature of Americorps by calling for consideration of “a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people.” It anticipates the possibility of requiring “all individuals in the United States” to perform such service – including elementary school students. The bill also summons up unsettling memories of World War II-era paramilitary groups by saying  the new program should “combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service,” while establishing “campuses” that serve as “operational headquarters,” complete with “superintendents” and “uniforms” for all participants. It allows for the elimination of all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of life. And it calls for creation of “a permanent cadre” in a “National Community Civilian Corps.”
 
But that’s not all. The bill also calls for “youth engagement zones” in which “service learning” is “a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency.” This updated form of voluntary community service is also to be “integrated into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula” at all levels of schooling.


Only 14 Senate GOPers voted against this fascist bullshit.  The GOP remains utterly, utterly worthless.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 09:33 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Mandatory volunteerism is an oxymoron.  This is just creepy as all hell.  Like.  Clown level of creepiness.  

Posted by: alexthechick at March 26, 2009 11:14 AM (SHHaV)

2 This gets into one of the things I really dislike about financial liberalism - making it mandatory to do service work for a set period of time leads people to believe that once their obligation has been filled, there's no reason to continue to volunteer any more of your time.  This is pretty obviously reflected in the difference in charitable giving between registered Democrats and registered Republicans - the Democrats figure they've paid their taxes (or likely not, as evidenced by how much trouble Obama has had filling his administrative posts) so the government should take care of all those pesky needy people.

Posted by: Alice H at March 26, 2009 11:59 AM (jRtPb)

3 How long before the first 13th Amendment suit is filed? If this isn't indentured service, what is? And I would also remind you the difference between this and a draft for military service- the Constitution specifically grants Congress the power to "raise an army" but I'm afraid I couldn't find any authority to compel civilian service.

Posted by: XBradTC at March 26, 2009 12:04 PM (nxLro)

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The Constitution? We stopped using that old thing a long time ago.

The only people who talk about it are reich-wing-nuts.

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