H.R. 1444: Congressional Commission on Involuntary Servitude

[John81]

H.R. 1444: Congressional Commission on Involuntary Servitude

Posted by Sean Ryan on 04/08/09 12:26 PM
Last updated 04/08/09 11:11 AM



A bill was introduced last month that would create an 8-member commission to study, among other things,

"The effect on the Nation, on those who serve, and on the families of those who serve, if all individuals in the United States were expected to perform national service or were required to perform a certain amount of national service."

"Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds."
This bill would require that a final "report" be submitted to Congress no later than 2 years after the passage of the act. Do you think that the eight wise men just might find a "fair and reasonable" way for the government to confiscate more of our wealth, by taking from us a part of our very lives, instead of just a part of our money? For those of you who may be shrugging your shoulders and thinking, "What's the big deal?" - I only ask you to remember that you are the owner of your body, not the state. A mandatory period of "national service" is no different - in principle - than a military draft. If you were a draft protester in the 1970's, or if you are an anti-war activist now, don't be fooled by the government's supposedly good intentions in this particular case. Don't think that, once you give the government the power to treat its citizens merely as means - pawns to be directed according to centralized social engineering plans - you will be able to limit the government's power only to those ends that you think are justified or worthwhile. Principles matter, and this is why - occasionally - free people have taken the time to write them down.

Involuntary servitude is no less involuntary, just because the state is the master. If you know anyone who escaped to the U.S. from the former USSR, ask them their opinion of a system in which the state is the master of its subjects. As for me - I will never submit to a draft, and I will never be a domestic slave.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=15449

[tired]

That Americor stuff has me on edge. If the gov puts them in khaki shirts I won't be suprised.

[John81]

This whole thing is so much like the "voluntary" programs put forth in Nazi Germany and Communist Russia. Such programs were voluntary unless one decided not to volunteer...then various forms of pressure were brought to bear to induce the one to volunteer or outright force would be used to bring the volunteer into compliance.