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Thursday, April 03, 2008

Bill Would 'Require' People to 'Volunteer'?

The Ohio legislature is considering passing a bill that would require parents to volunteer in the public schools. Now, I don't have a PhD in logic, but is there something wrong with that picture?

From Local6.com, House Bill 519:

would require all parents to volunteer 13 hours each school year, either in the lunchroom, chaperoning field trips, or wherever the district needs help.

What happens if you don't play along?
The bill's incentive is a $100 fine for parents who don't fulfill the requirement.

According to the bill, if a parent doesn't fulfill the requirement and refuses to pay the fine, the money would be taken out of the parent's state tax refund.

Let's just cut to the chase here: if you are required to volunteer (which means work without compensation), then you are a slave (or in the military :-)

It may come as a surprise to some, but this is what you get when your society embraces a socialist mindset. The individual is a secondary consideration; the community and the state that regulates it are the primary consideration.

Remember this when you ask the government to do something you should be doing yourself, which cultivates this mindset. When you give the state more responsibility and power, don't be surprised if the state uses it.


4 comments:

Carrie K. Hutchens said...

What happens if a parent is disabled? Or can't find (or afford) a babysitter for other children? What happens if the parent is on unemployment, where one has to be available to accept employment? Etc etc etc

You are right! This is slavery and should not be allowed!

Anonymous said...

This is a silly idea and would never hold up in court. How about instead of requiring people to "volunteer" the state offers a reduction in property taxes as an incentive, say $50 per hour! Now you'd have a program that could work!

Carrie K. Hutchens said...

At $50 per hour tax reduction, I'd be begging to have a chance to "volunteer!"

Anonymous said...

I posted this on anotehr site which talked about this and wanted to mention it here as well:

Another thing that was mentioned in the broadcast I heard is that the fingerprinting and background check that will be required will cost about $100 dollars and will be required to be paid by the parent...not the school. Additionally, please note how these Democrats made a point of adding verbage that gives THEM paid time off to comply with this, yet you and I...the taxpayers...have to forfeit pay to do it. Kinda one-sided if you ask me.

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