It used to be considered noble to serve the public or to serve the government in some way, but apparently those days are gone in the eyes of some conservatives.
Here is a comment from the blog Booker Rising:
Jennifer Burke, a conservative in Washington, writes on Facebook: “And there it is…..let’s increase the already bloated government by rewarding those who go into government service with a forgiveness of student loans in half the time than if they choose a different career path. (No offense to those who work for the government. I just think that kind of policy is plain and simply wrong.)”
Not sure how she proved that the government being bloated would increase. Perhaps these people would be filling jobs that already exist.
Frankly, there should be nothing wrong with serving your government as a way of encouraging graduates to want to give something back after working at paying back massive student loan debt.
This strikes as criticism for the sake of criticism.
Booker Rising:
http://www.bookerrising.net/2010/01/state-of-union-speech-bookerista_27.html
