Never noticed that some political rhetoric never dies?  This subject is getting a workout this election cycle……time and time again.

Looks like the idea of some sort of National Service” is gaining popularity again…..and then some not so popular rhetoric.

Back in 2008 during the mash up to the election both Obama and McCain held that a national service would be a good idea…..I wrote about it then…..https://lobotero.com/2008/09/12/national-service-not-lip-service/

It never came to the forefront……but that is okay for the idea has once again made the news because a couple of Dem candidates support the idea….first Mayor Pete floats the idea….https://lobotero.com/2019/04/23/petes-national-service/

Then came retire general McChrystal and his thought…..https://lobotero.com/2019/07/19/the-call-for-national-service-again/

I originally was in opposition to the idea then I came around as tour wars got longer and longer…..I feel that this country’s population needs some sort of “shared experience” and that could help bring us together again…..

To be fair not everyone likes the idea of a “National Service”….yet another Dem candidate likes the idea…John Delaney……a critique of his idea…

The Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney proposed this week that the government partner with private companies and unions to create a national program of forced labor. He calls it “John Delaney’s Plan for National Service.” “Every American will complete a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 2 years of mandatory national service when they graduate high school, or turn 18,” it states.

“No exceptions,” a press release clarifies. (Tough luck, pregnant 18-year-olds.)

With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the Constitution guaranteed that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist within the United States.” Delaney obviously doesn’t see it this way, but mandatory national service is plainly involuntary servitude.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/national-service-forced-labor/595012/

There is more push back to the idea of a national service…..

Another presidential election, another proposal for mandatory national “service.” This time, two Democratic candidates hope to turbocharge their otherwise dubious electoral prospects by proposing to draft all young people to spend a year or two working for Washington’s political elite.

That’s not how they put it, of course. But that is what the national service movement is about.

Mandatory National Service: A Bad Idea That Won’t Die

As I have stated……I see it as a good chance to redeem ourselves….but I can also see where the abuses could be capitalized…….. I would like to hear from my readers and their thoughts on this idea.

Never fear this subject is far from dead…..we will hear it again.

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