Over at Reason, Nick Gillespie tees off on the The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, a.k.a. massive AmeriCorps expansion:

Those participating and spending your tax dollars luxuriate in the silky-smooth language of altruism. Which, last time I checked, was supposed to be free. Jesus rendered unto Caesar; he didn’t ask for a block grant from Pontius Pilate in return. That Obama pushes national service and voluntarism even as he works to limit tax breaks for charitable giving that drives all sorts of philanthropy is a classic screw-you, my-way-or-the-highway move.

It’s a pretty glorious rant. Years ago, James Bovard wrote pretty much the definitive takedown AmeriCorps, exposing it as obscenely wasteful, ineffective, and engaging in all sorts of partisan political activities. And here’s the National Review Institute’s Kate O’Beirne discussing how the post-9/11 climate led to the Bush administration expanding the program.