I don't agree with no public schools either. Our society today requires an education just to get through the complexities of life, let alone a career. I think there should be competition in the educational system, not just a bunch of money sucking breaucrats "administrating" the system. The USA spends more and more on education each year, but test scores show no improvement, so throwing money at the problem is doing nothing but wasting resources.
Let the free markets work for education, let parents decide where to send their kids, and if a public school is not serving the needs of its students, then they will leave it for a better school and the old school will either have to improve to compete, or be shut down. The system now is sustaining so many failing schools, and in turn failing our children.
On the environmental issue, I see no reason to turn back what has already been done with the national park system, but the land grabs that the Feds have been making recently is appalling.
We need to bring the power back to the local level, where decisions are made by the people in that area, to benefit those same people. No one in Washington is going to know how to properly allocate resources to people in Alaska, Tennessee, Colorado or Vermont. They all have different needs and wants that cannot be solved by a one nation policy in Washington. It only benefits the greedy career politicians that hold the purse strings. They are not likely to ever give that up, as they are weak and corrupted by power.
What a country!
Tom |
