Public education is too important to leave to govt! -TLP
--- In [email protected], Marlon Machado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 16:34 -0600, justo wrote: > > > That's just it. we don't. > > > Fair enough. We don't. But then, in my view, we'll loose our leadership > in the world, kind of like what happened to Britain albeit for different > reasons and under different circumstances. If future generations of > Americans are cool with that, then there's nothing further to discuss. > > I believe education is the only way we will maintain our leadership in > the world. I believe innovation is our only hope to remain a superpower > and innovation is more efficient when it comes from an educated > populace. > > > > > > > > It's very difficult for most folk to understand that Libertarians do not > > view the role of Government as a Nanny Welfare function. How did anyone > > get educated before we had public education? > > > Many people didn't and I'm sure lots of talent got lost. Our current > rate of innovation is unprecedented and it's only because education > became more universal in the last century. If public education is not > the answer, then, we either accept the fact that "we don't", as you > said, or we work on it. > > > > > > In short, you pay for private education or hope that some private > > charity offers it free of charge to the poor. the same applies with > > health-care and all sorts of entitlement programs. > > No argument there. > > M > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
