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Enough Is Enough

April 21, 2009

As if we needed more evidence that our Community Organizer in Chief is hopelessly ideological, we see today that he plans on signing into law an expansion of the AmeriCorps program. This mis-named program has nothing to do with voluntary service to communities. Under it, people who agree to work in an approved program can earn a $500 to $1000 education award. Devious politicians like Mr. Obama and Bill Clinton (who started the program)call these people volunteers! I have a news flash for them; if someone gets a monetary reward for serving a program, they are not volunteers! What next, requiring people to volunteer for community work? That's not volunteering, either!!