"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime" Mince words all you want, the constitution doesn't and makes it very clear that t

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime" Mince words all you want, the constitution doesn't and makes it very clear that there is an exception for slavery. Of course we could simply pay people for work, as is our custom, and end this depressing argument once and for all.