Who’s Life is it? The Government’s, according to Reader’s Digest

Who’s life is it?
[December 22, 2003, first published on court.com]

To the editors, Reader’s Digest (letters@rd.com)

We are writing regarding the “Wouldn’t It Be Great If…” article in the January 2004 Reader’s Digest (published mid-December 2003) which suggests forcing people to give a year of their lives to the government. The author writes, “Think of everything they could accomplish.” If forcing people to give a year of their life to serve the government can accomplish so much and is such a good idea, why not make it 10 or 20? Even 30 or 40? Continue reading Who’s Life is it? The Government’s, according to Reader’s Digest