The Death of Charity / HR 1388
With that I let it go for the time being. The being part has now left my mind.
There once was another issue I remembered where I let it go for that time being. Again, the being is gone.
That issue was when then candidate Obama gave a stump speech about creating a private security force that would be under the control of the federal government. Initially, I decided not to dwell on the thought that this "force" would have military duties yet circumvent our good old law about not allowing the military to police our streets. Now, I think I was wrong for letting that thought be fleeting. I wonder if this is what will become of our America of Change?
This is the part of that speech that addresses my once fleeting thought.
I now worry that the HR 1388 bill that has passed through the House but is currently being stalled in the Senate is a way of advancing this ideal of President Obama.
This bill, known by some as the GIVE Act, is dubious in what the politicians sell it as and what it actually implements. It's sold as a good thing since it will encourage volunteering by our youth and does create a national remembrance of 9/11 (which we should have; why can it not be a solo bill without any amendments?). However, this bill also forces people into "volunteering" for specified causes by limiting what can be volunteered for.
How, in the United States of America, do we force someone to do something?
I have always been against a draft. If a draft now expands to social services I will be against that.
AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and similar government entities may not be bad things, but no one should be forced into serving them either. The citizens of America are normally giving people as a whole. That is evident through private charities that not only helped victims of Katrina, but victims of the tsunami in 2007. Our citizens help ourselves, but we also help the world. Limiting what private citizens are willing to do and forcing others into service is not a good ideal. I believe in people helping those in need. As long as they made that choice of their own free will.
To investigate more information about this issue please feel free to follow the links below.
The first link is to the page against HR 1388 through face book.
I thank them for supplying the information to me so that I could rightfully comment on this issue.
On this last link the main article to read is the third entry.
Posted by Chris Barkulis at March 22, 2009 
Categories: Democrat,Republican,President Obama,HR 1388,Volunteer
Tags: Stimulus Bill GIVE Act Congress Volunteer HR 1338 Obama
Categories: Democrat,Republican,President Obama,HR 1388,Volunteer
Tags: Stimulus Bill GIVE Act Congress Volunteer HR 1338 Obama
It's really sad that everyone must be very vigilant in scrutinizing everything Obama says and does, for fear of ulterior motives that he has for the country. He is all about taking away our individual freedoms, therefore he must be watched like a hawk.
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I think that the "taking away our individual freedoms" came about before he even took office...or ran for that matter. I think that the saddest thing is that we're now so paranoid that nobody trusts each other.
-Booker
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Totally agree with you.
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Totally agree with you.
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Reducing private charities will have devastating effects on the benevolence of these programs. The private sector is vital to the American way of living. The same thing is happening to our health insurance. We need to save the private sector.
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