WEEEKLY CHAT - WEEK 49!
WEEKLY CHAT #49
OK, let's try the weekly chat idea, V2. Been hearing some positive comments! Seems like we have a winner! Give it a chance! Here goes! <3
So I'm not very informed on the 13th amendment but heard someone say it's unconstitutional... anybody have a quick rundown? What's wrong with abolishing slavery
This is my very ignorant opinion, so bear with me.
The exception clause legalizes a loophole for slavery
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Taking away incentives for the government to NOT enslave it's population by legal or illegal means is a moral issue, should not be a need for a law, specially one that actually legalizes it.
Hmm... I could see the potential abuse but also the benefit, if you're going to house and feed inmates they may aswell get better + be productive while they're there (our prison system in its current form is abysmal)
Yeah the abuse is what would make it unconstitutional I think. Slavery was unconstitutional before it was "legalized" in my opinion. I see the usefulness, but giving an government institution a material incentive (tax money used for profit) to enslave the population should be more unthinkable than the institution of slavery as the founders experienced.
The founders had slaves before the constitution, and they freed many. I think that's important.
Taxes?? I was thinking prisoners in a jail or something