Progressive means more and more. More control, more power, more spending, more taxes. I have more respect for communists who announce their end goal right up front. Progressives are too cowardly or dishonest, or too smart, for that. This is what makes them a lot more dangerous. One more little step seems so harmless and quite reasonable to so many people.
Our children must be taught to think critically about the consequences of voting bread from their neighbors mouth and allowing a state to place such demands in support of such services upon a population.
If our public school systems have but one function this is the only one that is justifying of their experience to all childless population.
Remember teachers today teach for tests, so we must test for their knowledge of the theory of liberty.
There must be questions such as this one the test:
“If a people votes successfully to have the government provide a service which costs x amount for every man, woman, and child in the population where will that money come from.”
If that child answers anything other than the people, they failed the civics portion, and should not be allowed to graduate.