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FEATURES | Issue: "Playing with capitalism" May 23, 2009

Serving America

Government | A new law triples the size of government "volunteerism" and perhaps the restrictions that go with it | Edward Lee Pitts

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Taking a recent break from repairs on a Hurricane Katrina-damaged home, AmeriCorps member Sarah Gasparetti said the Louisiana project has taught her one thing: "Mold removal is not a glamorous job."

Gasparetti, 24, spent the week climbing up into the home's rafters to brush off the mold, douse the area in chemicals, and repaint the walls.

Soon there will be more volunteers like Gasparetti. A lot more. With a new $5.7 billion national service law, AmeriCorps will be tripled from 75,000 positions to 225,000 during the next eight years. The largest expansion of full-time, government-subsidized public service since President Kennedy created the Peace Corps, President Barack Obama said it would "usher in a new era of service in America."

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May 23, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 10

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