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Originally Posted by Skippy
Not a problem, 13th Amendment to the U.S. Consistution (section 1): Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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That's the #1 best argument against what I have advanced. That amendment is why we have prison labor and I'll bet it is also why prisoners in the USA are compensated (after withholding prison expenses) -- to distinguish between involuntary servitude and slavery.