Editorial: Many observers note with dismay the decline in the number of nongovernmental, voluntary community organizations. They argue that this decline is caused by the corresponding growth of government services once provided by these voluntary community groups. But this may not be true. The increase in government services may coincide with a decrease in volunteerism, but the former does not necessarily cause the latter; the latter may indeed cause the former. The editorial undermines the conclusion of the causal argument by ['offering a counterexample to the alleged correlation', 'offering an alternate explanation of the correlation cited', 'proving that governments must do what community organizations fail to do', 'showing that there is no causality involved']