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To: reed_inthe_wind
The government is bound by rules. The best example is the bill of rights.

I don't mean to be rude, but have you noticed what's happened to the Bill of Rights lately? Are you aware of Wednesday's decision on freedom of speech? You will be if you try to say anything publicly about a political candidate :-(.

Hillsdale College (www.hillsdale.edu) refuses to accept any government funds, in order to be free of government regulation. This includes - particularly germane to our discussion - not allowing students to use government financial aid of any kind ... no grants, no guaranteed student loans, nothing. The government required control if a single student on campus were using funds in any way connected to the government.

Some people think this wouldn't be a problem with education vouchers for primary/secondary education. I disagree. Currently, parents can use private schools or homeschool with minimal (varying by state) interference by the government. The school systems and the states and the Feds HATE IT. They would love to have parents taking government funds, so they could take control of private education.

A better option, in my opinion, would be to give all the taxpayers back the money that's being spent by the government on education, and let parents buy the education they want. At one time, our country had private schools for those who could pay, and private charity schools for those who couldn't. It worked fine. John Taylor Gatto and Samuel Blumenfeld, among others, have written on the history of the U.S. education system; their books are in the libraries, and many articles online.

23 posted on 12/12/2003 10:16:17 AM PST by Tax-chick (It's hard to see the rainbow through glasses dark as these.)
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To: Tax-chick
I don't think you are being rude. I appreciate your time. I agree with you that the bill of rights is being degraded by activist judges, but we haven't lost the rule of law yet. A "dumbed down" population, and the subsequent liberal party platforms are the problem. That is why we need to free education. I made a point in an earlier post that the freedom that you and your children enjoy depends on the quality of your fellow citizens. Am I wrong?

Hillsdale college employed the exact strategy that I threw out to you as an option. It is a school that exists without government aid to assure its indepence. We need laws to guarantee that schools like this can maintain substantial freedom from interference. (Thanks for the link, I am superficially aware of this situation, and I will study it a bit more when time permits.)
24 posted on 12/12/2003 12:17:52 PM PST by reed_inthe_wind
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