Despite the fact that the federal budget is zillions in the red, people are still promoting the idea that the country should spend money on a Public Service Academy. The New York Times has a story about it today. I was among the people the reporter interviewed, but no ink for me today. So I’ll just link to my previous commentary on the PSA idea here.

One of the arguments in favor is that Americans would have greater respect for public servants if they knew they had studied at this elite university. Right. People who think that bureaucrats boss them around too much and take too much of their money are going to change their minds when they contemplate the impressive undergraduate training some of those bureaucrats had — at public expense.

To use a phrase popular when I was a kid, the country needs a public-service academy like a submarine needs a screen door.