Obama civilian force.

I found a clip of this proposal a month ago and made a point to mention it in a video I made weeks ago. I must admit that at the time I felt that the proposal was rather silly and impractical. Imagine my surprise when I read the following on Change.gov (Barack's official website):

NOTE: The below text was directly copied from the website, notice the word 'required'. If you look at the website now, the text has been conveniently modified to sound less imposing. If you never read 1984, now would be a good time to start. I am serious!

America Serves
"When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream."


The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.


The irony is that people actually believed that John McCain would impose a draft. Irony indeed.


There are quite a few problems I have with this. First of all, this is a violation of freedom and while I am no lawyer, seems to be unconstitutional.

Specifically the 13th Amendment .
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery, and with limited exceptions, such as those convicted of a crime, prohibits involuntary servitude. It was adopted on December 6, 1865.

That should be enough to be disgusted with this. Secondly, the federal government is growing and these programs will need to be paid for - so whether we like it or not, our taxes will increase. Thirdly and equally disturbing, the underlying community service decisions will be decided by the government. Therefore, not only will the freedom to choose be evaporated, but young succeptible children can be swayed and manipulated to the programs' of the government's choosing. This has the potential to expand and solidify organizations like ACORN and other left-wing groups, ensuring and entrenching one party rule in this country. The fact that this is on the website (http://change.gov/americaserves/) suggests that Obama is quite serious about this. This should be resisted and fought at all costs, under no circumstances should this country follow in the way of the Hitler Youth.


By the way, for those that think AmericCorps is a good program - remember that growing federal programs are dangerous as they becomes an open gateway to fraud. AmericCorps for example suffers from accusation of corruption, waste and failure. They are accused of assisting food stamp, welfare and public housing promotion instead of reading and educating. Falling for the trap of the benevolence of a cause while ignoring it's direct consequences will prove to be a disaster. Once a government agency/program is established, dismantling it becomes virtually impossible. It must be stopped early!

And here is my video from a month ago.




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