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Friday, March 27, 2009

How does "Obama Youth Corp" sound to you?

With almost no public attention, both chambers of Congress in the past week advanced an alarming expansion of the Americorps national service plan, with the number of federally funded community service job increasing from 75,000 to 250,000 at a cost of $5.7 billion. Lurking behind the feel-good rhetoric spouted by the measure’s advocates is a bill that on closer inspection reveals multiple provisions that together create a strong odor of creepy authoritarianism.

Let's see: uniforms, a draft, indoctination, how about armbands and a salute?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pretty scary stuff. I think I read that home schooled children will be exempt from the indoctrination camps. Perhaps this is an opportunity for the entrepreneurs in our world. When the 2 parents need to work and yet want to remove their children from the government schools they could hire a homeschooler to come and teach at their home...cheaper than day care, cheaper than nannies. Some enterprising person should set up a home schooling pool of qualified people willing to do this for nominal fees. Dontcha think?

Anonymous said...

Oh oh... the boogie man is coming...you guys must be afraid of the Easter Bunny too. Youth Corp is a great idea.

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