Americorps is a money transfer scam, typical of every feel-good liberal program.

President Barack Obama welcomed a flock of AmeriCorps recruits to the White House this morning to celebrate AmeriCorps' 20th anniversary. They were joined by former president Bill Clinton, who founded the program in 1994. While AmeriCorps has produced many photo opportunities that warmed politicians' hearts, the "national service" revolution the agency promised remains a mirage.

AmeriCorps consists of 75,000 members who collect up to $17,800 a year in salary and education benefits for laboring on social, environmental, education and other projects authorized by the agency headquarters. According to CEO Wendy Spencer, "For twenty years, AmeriCorps has been a powerful and proven solution to community needs across the nation." Many AmeriCorps recruits work hard and have helped their fellow Americans, but many of the agency's projects are spurred more by feelgood foolishness and political profiteering than by real community needs.

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Read more:http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/20...olumn/15505289/

My favorite in the circus of AmeriCorps is (emphasis added): "Hundred of members are serving as "recess referees" with Playworks AmeriCorps -- a program that teaches anti-bullying lessons and conflict resolution to elementary school kids. Playworks says its brings "safe and inclusive play to all students" and that having AmeriCorps members "play alongside of children" adds "an important element of silliness and shared humanity." But do we really need federal playground monitors?"

The misuse of taxpayer's money recounted in the story, though, is not funny at all.