You WILL Volunteer, and You WILL Like It!
From the ALWAYS great & on-point Uppity Woman: Count Us Out has the concise explanation of the new mandatory meaning of the word “volunteer”. For all the little Comrades who shouted YES WE CAN!, well guess what? YES YOU WILL!. Here’s what Congress has been up to while they were diverting our attention to AIG: 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 b...