Our leadership? Leadership?
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--- 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
>
>
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