Posted on 10/26/2021 12:05:03 PM PDT by DeweyCA
The original Federalist article has URLs to the sources of their several good quotes.
Imagine an America where there is school choice and there is no taxpayer supported tenure for any teacher at any level.
School vouchers has been and remains the best solution.
It gives parents / the customer the power.
No one gives a shit unless you hold the power of the purse! Want to see that in action, go to your local USPS office or a VA hospital.
Vouchers scare the public schools and the teachers union.
Imagine that, you need to compete in a market place. That sounds almost unAmerican today.
Today we have government that instead of applying the Sherman Act is working on behalf of big tech, pharma, public schools (de facto monopoly) etc.
Where is the US government regards Google (92.47% of the global market share)? Where was the US government with Microsoft years ago?... Crickets. Today, the US government is in bed with them, having liason officers, providing a little help early on as with Google because they see it as a huge intel opportunity... So government is NOT going to fix this because they benefit from the staus quo, and that is also true with public schools and the massive amount of money that comes in from taxes which they get to manage!
Ironically, it’s not the rich that are imapcted much by paying for a private education, but the middle and lower economic classes for whom $12,000 a year for a private school per kid is a lot.
The school voucher should be for all - fair (no means testing). It promotes competition (quality and efficiency) and caters to the customer (market demands). Unlike the schools today that are basically managed centralized between the federal and state government and really do not offer much in terms of catering to their customers, the voucher would create a more decentralized approach, more diversity (liberals should love that!). It’s actually a simplification of the system.
Agree.
It's good to take the intellectual high ground, but it's also important to keep your ammo dry and your bayonets fixed.
People shouldn’t have to pay school taxes if they don’t have kids in those schools.
People would pay HALF what they pay if there was competition.
Vouchers and Charter Schools are a good start...
Government schools violate:
Free Speech
Free Press
Establishment of Religion
Free Exercise of Religion
Free Assembly
They are a First Amendment and Human Rights **abomination**!!!!!
After a while, they were told to lift their heads and see the candy. There wasn't any.
Then they were told to lay their heads down again, and this time ask Fidel for some candy.
Lo and behold, when they lifted their heads, Fidel had granted their prayers to him.
In 1996, Hillary Clinton told Americans “it takes a village” to raise a child. That was the soft sell. Today, we’re getting the hard sell: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” said Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in a September debate.
It takes an authoritarian regime to raise a child the way they want.
In order for democracy to work, the voters must be educated to point where they can make sound voting decisions. The Founders all state that in various ways. A basic education SHOULD also keep people off the welfare roles. So, to ensure that our society can function, it is necessary to ensure The People have a basic education.
You'd be well advised to turn your argument from not participating toward getting your money's worth.
Not by design. That occurs because those who teach or administer in schools are not true to its purpose or intent. It was perverted.
The Constitution authorizes taxes for the common defence, but not for education.
It authorized Congress: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
It empowered Congress: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Following that is a list of powers denied to Congress. Establishing schools or support for schools is not listed.
Thomas Jefferson was a very strong advocate of making sure that all people, regardless of race, color, creed, or financial standing would be able to get an education. The reasons I cited in my previous posts come directly from Thomas Jefferson's writings.
Perhaps you think you are a better statesman or societal thinker than he.
Are you arguing for unlimited government?
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“It’s good to take the intellectual high ground, but it’s also important to keep your ammo dry and your bayonets fixed.”
Wise words.
L
Imagine an America with no public schools.
It would be a much wealthier and amazing place.
Axiom:
All schools must restrict free speech, press, assembly, and establishment and expression of religion. If they didn’t chaos would run wild.
Axiom:
It is impossible for any school to be religiously, culturally, and politically neutral. Such a philosophic state of neutrality is impossible in the mind of any sentient human.
It is for this reason government schooling is unconstitutional.
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