If you're in the US, do you think ...
... a workable, fair and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed and ... such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the nation.
I don't. If you don't, it doesn't matter. They made it anyway because the House passed HR 1388 ... in 2009.
I think it's interesting how the final version of the bill doesn't mention it being mandatory; the wikipedia page mentions nothing about it being mandatory. But it's right there in the original version of the bill that was passed in the House.
I guess the Senate removed the mandatory requirement and the House accepted the revision.
Thing is, there's really nothing preventing lawmakers from later adding the mandatory requirement back in.
Anyway, how come the House approved of "mandatory volunteerism" in the first place?
