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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: jbe who wrote (14027)11/9/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: George Coyne  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
<< I cited the voucher & charter schools proposals specifically because they have no precedents in the past.>>

Therefore innovative (and a product of modern conservatism).

<< Universal public education was in place in this country by the 1890's, I believe, and has been considered one of the major achievements of American democracy. >>

Used to be.

<< On another point, why go back 65 years?>>

That was the generally recognized point at which the momentum for the American welfare state and "big" government began.

I confess to ignorance of Kirk and the Burkeians.

G. W.

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