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The number of volunteers in America increases immencly every year, it is becoming a trend that greatly benefits our country. Mandatory service is not only unconstitutional but unecessary. With all the various programs out there that make volunteering fun and easily accessable, mandatory service is not something that needs to be enforced. Forced service should not be used in America because it's unconstitutional, volunteering should come from the heart, and the government shouldnot have to pay people for something that millions of people already do for free. As the article, "The Heart of Service" states in 2009, 63.4 million americans volunteered by choice. 7 years later that numeber is sure tohave greatly increased, paying citizens to voluneer doent make good sence. Paying citizens just enough to live would take away from our free market economy; people wouldnt have enough money to live and buy what they want and many small buissnesses could go bankrupt. Another issue is, getting paid just enough money to live would force the rich population that donates millions of dollars a year to charity to not be able to donate that money for a year, hurting the chairties more than the service will help. The government would also have less money to spend on other necessities this country needs as a large part of the federal budget would be …show more content…

Being forced to volunteer would lower the quality of work being done as well. The majority of people wont want to be there and will get by doing the bare minimum, the volunteers that do it by choice work with love in their hearts for the people they are helping. Being forced to help others would bring all the joy out of it for those who truly care. It would turn a fun, fulfilling expirience into a dull, drag of a day. Also, it is simply unconstitutional to force labor on to the citizens of this fine

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Says: Dave Eggers states that no one would want to receive service work from someone who’s forced to do so. Does: Eggers questions the readers. Para. 12. Says: Eggers feels as though volunteering is a natural feeling of wanting to help others.

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“The end of the draft also has dramatically improved commitment and morale in the armed forces. The difference is simple: recruits who want to serve and succeed are likely to perform better than draftees who want out, the sooner the better.” (Bandow). Individuals who voluntarily serve have officially occupied themselves with the thought of being able to step up to plate and defend their country are rationally the right people to serve in war. So when a person who does not have the courage or desire to serve is drafted they just become a danger to the rest of the group.

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The issues of persuading immigrants to join the military with the aim of acquiring citizenship can be misleading and dangerous (Philbin et al, n.d). The act affirms that young illegal immigrants will require joining the U.S military or enter one of the higher-level schools in order to get become full American citizenship. Being that some immigrants cannot afford the cost of joining higher-level schools in order to advance a grade, they are forced to join the military for the sake of getting a legal status. In the military, immigrants can be subjected to hard labor and sent out in missions in dangerous countries like Iraq. Hence, the act of forcing immigrants to join military appears inhuman.

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Over the past years, compulsory National Services have been involved in different countries throughout the world and this has been very beneficial for the majority of the people involved. Our team is affirmative that Australia should have compulsory National Services because many people graduate high school/year 12 without knowing what job would suit them the best. By enrolling for a year or more, 18 years old or elder individuals are able to learn new skills, meet new friends and most of all, get to know themselves better. Furthermore, members of the National Service don’t have to always be training to defend their country, as Australia isn’t at risk. In fact, they have been known to be role models and an inspiration to the community.

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Volunteering should be done intrinsically. Many students find community service so difficult, time consuming, and not enjoyable. Therefore, they tend to only complete the required hours without any essential effort. To call mandatory community service 'volunteering ' is a problem because then we begin to confuse the distinction between an activity that is willingly done and something that is obligatory and perhaps not always rewarding. Volunteering should be something you choose to do because you want to do it, not because somebody made you do it.

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