http://nationalserviceact.org/

This website presents information for both voluntary and mandatory National Service.  This begs the question of which type of National Service does ANSA prefer.

Neither.

Americans for a National Service Act supports whichever program works best and gets the job done.  Our fundamental belief is that the key to solving our Nation’s problems and strengthening our democracy is more involvement from average Americans, not less.  We also believe that in order to sustain that involvement there needs to be a system.  Other than that, we try to collect and present as many ideas for National Service as we can get our hands on.  We assert that all plans should be thoroughly considered and discussed.  That being said, it’s ultimately up to you to debate and decide which ideas and programs you like best.  As part of this we encourage you to take the ‘Choose Your Own National Service Act’ Survey.  The results are being compiled.

This is new. Also changed… the Affiliates page (http://nationalserviceact.org/11.html) is gone. I should have made a complete backup yesterday but I didn’t. Google does have a cached version though.

Seems to me this answer “Neither” is bullshit. If you spend any amount of time reading over their site, unless they have altered it in the past week, you can clearly see that they want voluntary as a stepping stone to mandatory.

Look at the cached version vs the current version [backup] of the FAQ page in “How is voluntary National Service any different than our current system?” These sentences were removed just since yesterday:

Also, remember that the initial purpose of voluntary national service is not to provide an end-state solution but to motivate millions of Americans to serve.  This will begin the cultural transformation that will put us on the road to becoming a nation of universal national service.

It looks like that’s the only thing that has changed on the FAQ unless otherwise noted.

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