I said: [The centralized educational system was developed by Communists]
You said: Hmmm, Communists drink water, therefore Capitalists must not drink water. I don't think so.
I agree, you don't think, So? (Punctuation... makes a big difference, don't it. Grin) You are forcing a comparison, that is not valid, water is required for life, government run education is not, we won two world wars without it (and maybe because we didn't have it), but now it is as essential as water?
NOT!
The Army National Guard of each of the 50 United States shares, among other things, the training doctrine of the United States Army.
Does this make the Army National Guard Communist?
The Army national Guard is among other things all volunteer, Schools are not, you pay into them no matter what.
Believe me, I am well aware of the NEA and their desire to hijack the educational infrastructure.
Great, how well would that work if schools were all run by local towns?
You pointed out that Utah was a state...
I said: [And this came up why?]
You said said: The information on your home page
+ your stated desire to stop paying federal taxes
+ the historical desire of Deseret to be an Empire and not a State in the Union.
There are taxes I think we should pay, and taxes we should not, property tax flies in the face of the right to own property guaranteed in the constitution, that said, I pay mine because legal or not they will still put me in jail if I don't. (Tell Elian Gonzalez we obey the constitution...)
Graduated income tax is specifically not allowed, but we have one anyway. Stamp taxes, tariffs, fees for federal land and service use, all perfectly fine in my book. I also think we should fund the military and I support some kind of structure for that, but let's make it something that is simple with little or no bureaucracy attached, and while we are dreaming, let's go through all the laws and abolish all the laws which are either unconstitutional, outdated, or cannot be understood by someone with a sixth grade education. Wow, we might just return to a constitutional government...
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Dang, it was just a dream.
As for the empire stuff, it was a bit before my time, besides, I moved here from Illinois (Liberal bastion of corruption) just seven years ago.
[I moved here from Illinois]
Ah, Nauvoo.
Do they still have tar and feathers out there?
[The Army national Guard is among other things all volunteer]
The command and control structure and the training standards of the United States Army, of which, state National Guard units are reserve components, are not voluntary.
[Great, how well would that work if schools were all run by local towns?]
Like I said, the return to Tribal City-State is not an option for a functioning national Republic. To be divided and conquered is not acceptable.