Thread: National Service Corps Bill Clears Senate Hurdle

March 23, 2009, 7:19 pm

National Service Corps Bill Clears Senate Hurdle

By Kate Phillips

Following overwhelming House passage last week, the Senate tonight voted 74 to 14 on a procedural move that essentially guarantees a major expansion of a national service corps, a cornerstone of volunteerism that dates back to the era of President Kennedy. It’s akin to a call to arms by President Obama, who has harkened back to those early days to demand giving back by those who voted for him.

In fact, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the senior Democrat from Massachusetts whose battle with brain cancer has oft kept him absent from the Senate these days, appeared on the floor to welcomes all around as he cast his approving vote as a co-sponsor.

From President Kennedy’s days to the creation of Americorps by then President Bill Clinton, the notion of public service has become a rallying cry. Tonight’s vote, propelled by President Obama’s urging of an expansion, would mean a growth in such work from 75,000 community service jobs to 250,000.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost of the Senate bill at least would be an outlay for the fiscal year 2010 of $418 million to about $5.7 billion from 2010 through 2014.

It’s an historic vote in the sense that a national service corps, an army dispersed to help with education, health services and the environment, would vastly enlarge the notion of “community organizing,â€

This program is bothering me some...

It sounds to me like they want a whole army of free workers.

Originally Posted by vmonkey56

This program is bothering me some...

Same, it sounds like they are pushing indentured servitude. How is that constitutional? Doesn't it violate citizens civil rights too?

Forcing someone to work for free or substandard pay is called slavery, isn't it?

Related:
H.R. 1388 VOTE TODAY???
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-870957.html#870957

Anyone know why forced "volunteerism" is costing us 5.7 BILLION dollars over the next 5 years?

Senate Rubber Stamps National Enslavement Bill
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

[The first sentence of story is incorrect. The Senate voted only to move the bill forward for a vote. The final vote on the bill is expected later this week. So we still have time to get the word out! Please see "VOTE ON H.R. 1388 TODAY???" at:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-150962.html ]

The Senate last night rubber stamped a nightmare domestic draft bill that legislates mandatory national service and creates an “armyâ€

Originally Posted by miguelina

Originally Posted by vmonkey56

This program is bothering me some...

Same, it sounds like they are pushing indentured servitude. How is that constitutional? Doesn't it violate citizens civil rights too?

Forcing someone to work for free or substandard pay is called slavery, isn't it?

You both have a third in that opinion.

sounds like the New 4th Reich and the Brown Shirts to me

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

sounds like the New 4th Reich and the Brown Shirts to me

You know what they say.....if it walks like a duck.

Or maybe in this case it should be a goose?