Monday, January 19, 2004

Forced Volunteerism

LP News has an article entitled What's wrong with national service. In summary, it says national service should be opposed because: "They are antithetical to the spirit of America", "They get government more involved in private charities", "Voluntary service programs can be a stepping stone to non-voluntary programs", and "They are not needed". It also talks about what Libertarians want to do: "End mandatory service programs for young people", "Abolish Selective Service", "Don't bring back the military draft", and "Abolish all federal paid volunteer programs such as AmeriCorps and the USA Freedom Corps".