Its true. If you are not forced into doing something (like probono) you are more likely to help those who need it. My husband is a great example of this. He opposed probono when we were in CA because it was required, now he does it because he is licensed in a state where he doesn’t have to do it. He chooses to. Like I said, he went into law to help people, not ‘get rich’.
Of course you don’t understand, you probably hate lawyers.
Your husband’s situation highlights another corrosive feature of Sotomayor’s stupid proposition - mandatory public “service” cheapens authentic public service.
There was a time when a major contribution to the common good was voluntary activity - by churches, by fraternal organizations, by local community groups. Even deToqueville commented on how he was impressed by the way local communities prospered by voluntary activities initiated by the citizenry.
Then the liberal/socialist mindset decided that such things were best handled by bureaucrats, and gradually the role of church-based schools and hospitals, fraternal aid societies and community groups were marginalized to give us the dysfunctional systems we live with today (hello, Obamacare, etc).