Thursday night Barack Obama and John McCain were questioned about their ideas on a National Service initiative. Both said they were for it and thought that more people should get involved in volunteer service work. Not surprisingly, McCain wanted it to continue to be more of a grassroots initiative while Obama wants government to take a bigger role at a bigger cost.
It was the typical liberal attitude of making it a government concern, throwing more money at it and ultimately creating another bureaucratic nightmare. In discussing service, President Kennedy’s name was frequently mentioned as he started the Peace Corp, one of the current government service departments. But this and Americorp and a few other government initiatives isn’t enough for Obama. He was talking about creating a cabinet position on service!
While I listened to this, I had a sudden inspiration. In addition to the Peace Corp, wasn’t President Kennedy also concerned about physical fitness? Didn’t he get the government involved in this issue by creating the President’s Council on Fitness? Since then hasn’t the government supported this department, which was tasked with making Americans more physically fit, by pouring more and more money into it? And yet here we are 40 years later and look what government involvement has done for us. All studies show that today’s children are heavier than ever, that Americans of all ages have a greater percentage of obesity than in the past and that we do less physical activities than in previous generations. Thanks government.
It was the typical liberal attitude of making it a government concern, throwing more money at it and ultimately creating another bureaucratic nightmare. In discussing service, President Kennedy’s name was frequently mentioned as he started the Peace Corp, one of the current government service departments. But this and Americorp and a few other government initiatives isn’t enough for Obama. He was talking about creating a cabinet position on service!
While I listened to this, I had a sudden inspiration. In addition to the Peace Corp, wasn’t President Kennedy also concerned about physical fitness? Didn’t he get the government involved in this issue by creating the President’s Council on Fitness? Since then hasn’t the government supported this department, which was tasked with making Americans more physically fit, by pouring more and more money into it? And yet here we are 40 years later and look what government involvement has done for us. All studies show that today’s children are heavier than ever, that Americans of all ages have a greater percentage of obesity than in the past and that we do less physical activities than in previous generations. Thanks government.
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