Obama's national servitude...H.R. 1388...the vote is tomorrow!!

This bill is the beginning of 'forced' volunteer service...not the service folks do for church or maybe the Red Cross...this bill pays for 'service'...so, ultimately Obama will CHANGE the definition of service.

H.R. 1388 GIVE ACT, Hidden Billions, to be Voted tomorrow

Full H.R 1388 Document

Congressional Budget Office ^ | March 17, 2009 | Peter Fontaine, Ass. Dir.Budget Analysis 

Posted on Tue Mar 17 2009 17:16:28 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by joygrace

“H.R. 1388 would amend and reauthorize programs established under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA). 

Assuming appropriation of the estimated amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $481 million in 2010 and about $6 billion over the 2010-2014 period.Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or receipts. 

H.R. 1388 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.H.R. 1388 contains no private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA. 

ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 1388 is shown in the following table. The costs of this legislation fall within budget function 500 (education, employment, training, and social services).”

(Excerpt) Read more at cbo.gov ...