July 11, 2006 3:05PM 

# An Army of Bureaucrats? 

By Brandon Arnold 

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A few Members of Congress will [reportedly draft legislation](http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34485&dcn=e_gvet) to create the United States Public Service Academy, which would be modeled after the four existing military academies.

Proponents of this idea note on their [website](http://www.uspublicserviceacademy.org/) that, “the federal government offers only one set of undergraduate institutions for high school seniors with the patriotic desire to serve their country: the military service academies.”

That may be true, but there are plenty of educational options for those who wish to pursue such a career. Why should taxpayers be responsible for an additional $205 million a year for a new public service academy when hundreds and hundreds of [colleges and universities already offer public service programs](http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_44_brief.php)?

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