[B Knotts]

"Public education", i.e., socialized schooling, is now really more of an entitlement program providing child care and free breakfasts and lunches. It's also a massive jobs program. That's why politicians rarely speak out against it. It's hard to wean people from the public teat, when they do not wish to be so weaned.

[meenie]

First, the US government should not be involved in elementary and secondary education. States, under the equal protection clause, should reimburse any home schoolers as well as any other private or religious schools, the same amount as spent on 'public schools'. Children and their education are too important to be left to the whims of a government sponsored monoply.