Here it is, passed in the house all the time we were focused on the AIG fiasco they were passing this thing. Can we impeach all of congress for this? Have we heard any debate? NO! Have we heard any thing from any of our congressman? NO!
What the hell is going on in this country. You tell me.
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House Passes Mandatory National Service Bill.
Legislation intensifies fears about Obama’s civilian national security force
The House passed a bill yesterday which includes disturbing language indicating young people will be forced to undertake mandatory national service programs as fears about President Barack Obama’s promised “civilian national security force” intensify.
The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, known as the GIVE Act, was passed yesterday by a 321-105 margin and now goes to the Senate.
Under section 6104 of the bill, entitled “Duties,” in subsection B6, the legislation states that a commission will be set up to investigate, “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.”
Section 120 of the bill also discusses the “Youth Engagement Zone Program” and states that “service learning” will be “a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency.”
“The legislation, slated to cost $6 billion over five years, would create 175,000 “new service opportunities” under AmeriCorps, bringing the number of participants in the national volunteer program to 250,000. It would also create additional “corps” to expand the reach of volunteerism into new sectors, including a Clean Energy Corps, Education Corps, Healthy Futures Corps and Veterans Service Corps, and it expands the National Civilian Community Corps to focus on additional areas like disaster relief and energy conservation,” reports Fox News.
The Senate is also considering a similar piece of legislation known as the “Serve America Act,” which also includes language about “Youth Engagement Zones”.
Tags: Congress Abuse, obama
Why would you pass a Law to allow people to volunteer? Volunteering would be optional…Law would make it mandatory.
Why is it so hard for everyone to accept this volunteer bill as is? There is a problem in this nation and it is called negligence. People are living their lives concerned only about themselves, there are teens out there growing up thinking that it is okay to never volunteer their time to help others. If this bill is passed teens around the nation will be gaining immense life experience from giving just a little time out of their lives to help others. If they will not do it themselves, why not make them? Will it really be the end of their lives if they are told to devote a few hours out of their day to the improvement of this planet and the people in it. I fully support the bill that is being passed and I think that people need to look past their selfishness and realize that if we would all do our part bills like this would not need to be made in the first place
I’m linking to your blog post. This is ridiculous. They better keep their hands off my kids.
Are you nutz…? Why on earth would you condone having this great Nations children brainwashed into becoming junior lemmings? Think about it… Anyone who votes for this bill should be tarred and feathered. I am sick of these left wing radicals running all over us and out constitional rights.
Opus #6 I am with you 100%. Leave my kids and grandkids alone.