-Caveat Lector- Bauer: Home Schoolers on 'Cutting Edge' of Education U.S. Newswire 24 Sep 15:30 Bauer Says Home Schoolers on 'Cutting Edge' of American Education To: National Desk, Political and Education reporters Contact: Tim Goeglein of Bauer for President 2000, 703-933-2000; Web site: http://www.bauer2k.com WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, in an address to the Home School Legal Defense Association at Constitution Hall here today, said that home school families are on the cutting edge of American education, and that all families need and deserve a major tax cut. Bauer said it is unfair for families to continue to pay taxes, while corporations pay none. "Parents are children's foremost authority, and their first and best teachers," said Bauer. "They should decide how and where their children will be educated. Washington-based one-size-fits-all federal education programs cannot substitute for the love and care of parents. "The home schooling movement gains legitimacy every day because it is truly on the cutting edge of American education. These good and decent people are educating their children in such a way that, when tested, the kids often go two, three, and sometimes four grade levels ahead of other students at the same age. "American families are doing great things, and they need even more freedom from government. Families deserve to keep more of their hard-earned tax dollars, and they need that tax relief immediately. American families deserve a 16 percent flat tax and an immediate 20 percent cut in the payroll tax. "At least one of my GOP rivals says that families should continue to pay taxes while corporations pay none. I say that reasoning is backward. It is time to level the playing field: if families pay taxes, so should corporations. That is basic fairness," said Bauer. Bauer served as undersecretary of education and later chief domestic policy advisor to President Reagan. "When I served as undersecretary of education with Bill Bennett in the Reagan Administration, I saw first hand how destructive the federal bureaucracy is to our education system. I believe that the most important thing we can do to improve education in America is to take power away from the government and give it back to parents. Home schooling is just one avenue where that happens. "For too long, government bureaucrats and teachers' unions have dictated education policy from Washington, often omitting children's most important advocates, their parents. As a result, our children's learning has taken a back seat to increasing bureaucratic control. If elected President, I will begin to reform America's education system and back programs and methods, like home schooling, that work overwhelmingly," said Bauer. Unlike the Republican and Democratic Party front-runners, Bauer has committed to eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. Bauer is also committed to giving parents a choice in how their children are education by backing tuition tax credits; ensuring that taxpayer dollars get to the classroom not the bureaucracy; ending federal testing and national standards as one more way for Washington to dictate education policies to local school districts; and standing up to teacher unions. -0- /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ 09/24 15:30 Copyright 1999, U.S. Newswire http://www.newsindex.com/cgi-bin/resulttick.cgi?http://www.usnewswire.com/to pnews/Current_Releases/0924-125.htm Bard DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
