Reply #58: I despise the proposal [View All]

It is NOT okay to force anyone to do any kind of work against their will and without compensation. Community service is something used for punishing petty criminals and making them pay their debt to society for not following the rules. It's punitive to the individual who has to do it, but helpful to society. If it's okay to require children to do community service in order to get a high school diploma, then why the hell isn't it okay to require welfare recipients to do coummunity service in order to receive benefits? Kids aren't allowed to vote and already have enough regulations, laws, demands and expectations placed upon them that they have absolutely no power over. Enough is enough.

As for the whole Clark thing, I honestly got the same impression Dean did when I saw Clark singing the praises of Bush and his cronies during that fund raising speech. Dean probably should have used different words in his comments, but having the concerns he does is absolutely justified.