Word: bayh
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...editorial published in the New York Times last week, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) proposed an expansion of government funding for public service. McCain and Bayh should be applauded for launching a truly bi-partisan proposal that has the potential to harness the energy and talent of ordinary Americans. McCain and Bayh propose to increase funding for programs like AmeriCorps, a Clinton administration program that House Republicans threatened to slash earlier this year...
...their editorial, Bayh and McCain went on to talk about expanding Clinton’s AmeriCorps program and encouraging military service abroad. However, while they mentioned the Peace Corps vision of President John F. Kennedy ’40, a former Crimson editor, as an example of the types of public service initiatives that have come before, they had noticeably little to say about Americans’ service abroad beyond encouraging larger compensation packages for servicemen...
...time when we are claiming to fight with, not against, some of the world’s poorest civilians in Afghanistan, at a time when America’s international social capital is at an all-time low, McCain and Bayh should have devoted the bulk of their article to a proposal to get more Americans out of America and into volunteer positions worldwide. It is only through meaningful, effective and generous interaction with other nations that we will be able to combat our negative image without compromising our national policy...
...committed to helping them improve their quality of life. Otherwise our assistance will seem merely self-serving, hollow words from a hollow, self-interested nation. One of the best ways to prevent this conclusion is by increasing Americans’ direct service and volunteer presence abroad. As McCain and Bayh wrote, some of the best people to provide such service are young people. It is a great thing that Bayh and McCain have advocated the expansion of AmeriCorps, for which House Republicans tried to eliminate funding last summer. However, the two Senators should also advocate for an expanded Peace Corps...
...dedicated us again to the cause of justice within our country, today we must be dedicated to the cause of justice out in the world. Only if we stand for honesty, uprightness and generosity of spirit can we expect the world to bear our standard against terrorist-supporting regimes. Bayh and McCain were right when they wrote, “Public service is a virtue.” Now, more than ever, it is a virtue to do public service abroad...