Piss and moan all you like its not going to change the fact that we have a strong central Federal government. If we still had pre-Civil War state run education, most citizens of southern states would be illiterate.
(not that the public school system is the best, but at least it IS there)
Sure, the Feds should not be as deeply involved in our everyday affairs as the are. Some down sizing is in order, but Ron advocates a culling of the Federal government that is simply unrealistic.
Kids in government schools are barely educated at all. They are “socialized”. And I betcha kids were MUCH better educated before the advent of federally controlled government schools which, by the way, are not Constitutional. (The States and the people never granted that power to the Feds)
Your gripe is with the U.S. Constitution, not with Ron Paul.
How is it unrealistic? Our country survived most of its existence without a federal government running everything. We have existed longer without an income tax than with one, the department of education was established in 1980, less than 30 years ago. If we dont take the opportunity to start changing things now, they will become so entrenched that it will become impossible to change them. Government only gets bigger and bigger as demonstrated by our countries short history. We have a history of freedom and local governments doing whats best for the people locally. We have to start somewhere, and now is the time for that to start.
BTW im not pissing and moaning about anything. We still have a chance to change the system. I might start pissing and moaning when the chance is gone forever.