If I were a DNC operative, I think I'd push the RNC to adopt your "Government schools are a monstrosity" position; it would result in Democrat-controlled government as far as the eye could see.
WildHorsCrash,
You must think that the American people are STUPID??
Huh?....Surely, the American people understand VERY WELL that education money can follow children directly. It is completely unneccessary for the money to be going directly to government schools.
I surely do hope that the Democrats continue to think Americans are stupid. If they do, they will continue to lose elections.
It is not necessary for government to own or run government schools for there to be an educated citizenry. We do not have government run grocery stores and yet we are the fattest nation on earth.
The citizens of this nation can privately provide every child in this nation with the opportunity for an excellent education.
If one's religious views are incompatible with modern secular knowledge, then that is the problem of that individual, and not the society.
Please remember, WildHorseCrash, that any government powerful enough to use police, court, and foster care threat to force children into a secular environment that destroys their most cherished family religious traditions, is powerful enough to destroy YOUR family's most beloved traditions.
Any government powerful enough to sell a business or home at sheriff's auction to fund the destruction of some families' religious traditions, it powerful enough to auction your home to fund the worldview of someone else.
Please remember that there are real bullets in those guns on the hips of those policemen and sheriffs.
I were a DNC operative, I think I'd push the RNC to adopt your "Government schools are a monstrosity" position; it would result in Democrat-controlled government as far as the eye could see.
As posted above, you must think Americans are stupid. I hope the Democrats think so too.
The RNC operatives aren't going to call government schools a monstrosity. They know that they have hundreds ( maybe thousands) of people ( such as myself) who are dedicated to changing the language about government schools.
It is a monstrosity for government to use threats of police to FORCE children into a government school that can NEVER be entirely respectful to all the competing worldviews of the teachers, principals, and students.
It IS a monstrosity for government to threaten citizens with sheriff's auction of their homes and businesses to fund a government indoctrination agenda that WILL establish the religious beliefs of some while undermining and trashing those of others.
It IS a monstrosity to FORCE children into a government school environment where their rights ( and indirectly the right of their parents) to free speech, free press, free assembly, and free expression of religion is TRASHED. This as human abuse! And,,,since children are involved that makes it CHILD abuse!
As you drive down the freeway, please note the mini-mansions on the hill. Please observe the many beautiful and expensive cars on the road. These people are completely capable of downsizing a little and paying for their own children's education. Hand these people a tuition bill! It is a monstrosity for government to burden citizens with onerous property and business taxes ( inflating the price of everything they buy) and turning them into a nation of renters.
Government is the landlord. If you fail to pay your property tax to fund the religious worldview of some while trashing those of others, the government landlord will evict you. This is a MONSTROSITY!