Clinton School: U.S. Public Service Academy?

The following is an announcement for an upcoming symposium at the Clinton School. Where should I begin with this? First of all, "public service" is not as noble as working in the private sector. Most "public servants" actually view the public as their servants. Witness the endless litany of taxes and fees we pay. The reason for each and every one is that the private sector exists, in the eyes of "public servants", to fund the public sector.

Another disturbing insinuation is that the average civilian, government job is as important as the job our military does. It reminds me of the joke of the Peace Corps. Colleges are already Leftist enough without having a taxpayer funded college of socialism.

This is exactly the sort of thing that the Soviet Union did. Do we really want to divert the creative energies of young people out of the private sector, to teach them how to become bureaucrats? The government is the biggest CONSUMER and destroyer of capital in the world. We need more kids going into PRIVATE business, not the other way around. This is the sort of truly disturbing thing I can see Barry Obama pushing if he was president.

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Creating a U.S. Public Service Academy

Chris Myers Asch will discuss his proposal to create a U.S. Public Service Academy, an undergraduate institution devoted to developing civilian leaders for the public sector. Modeled on the military academies, the academy would offer four years of tuition-free education in exchange for five years of civilian service following graduation. Asch and friend Shawn Raymond began promoting the idea in 2006, taking it to the halls of Congress and winning a 2007 Echoing Green Fellowship to support the initiative. Both alumni of Teach for America in rural Mississippi, Asch and Raymond co-founded the Sunflower County Freedom Project, an intensive academic enrichment and leadership development program for middle and high school students.

When: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch & Lecture
*Bring your own lunch. Water and soft drinks provided.

Where: Clinton School of Public Service
Sturgis Hall

*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling 501.683.5239.