Never was there a more important tool for the success of a free country than the education of her people. However, it is equally important for education to be independent of government, to keep it from being used has a means for propaganda and social engineering. In history if we have learned anything, it is that in order for tyrants to control the people they have to control what information the people know, if not outright deny education all together for their people. Even today some governments deny education to their people to maintain control over them. After all, an ignorant populas will find most anything they are told believable.
In the case of the U.S. when it comes to education, billions of dollars have been spent on education every year since 1980 with the quality of education in decline ever since. Supervising education by government in the U.S. in 1980 was not a new concept, in 1867 a Department of Education was created and demoted a year later. Before 1980, Congress had already had their hands on controlling education with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Not only does this government taxation violate the constitution by intentionally taking out of context the Commerce Clause(That already has The Department of Commerce to regulate any commerce of education between states) and the term "General Welfare"(that is used today to justify what ever excuse politicians want to use to pay for something with your money) but, it also violates the 10th Amendment that clearly expresses that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Please show me where in the constitution it says the Federal government has specific powers to regulate or fund education. The Commerce Clause was intended to regulate or to set up rules of commerce between states not to run anything or fund it. Where as the "General welfare" merely expresses that the Federal government protect and provide an atmosphere of freedom to pursue ones goals in peace. Where people have been able to justify taxes with these terms is a failure of the people to pay attention to the politicians and the Founders intent. To use our tax dollars for social programs is simply a politician buying votes on a larger scale.
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000063.asp http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/97/c26.htm
We have reached the final of my seven deadly government attempts to run our lives with our money and in doing so going for broke. Everytime the government tries to envoke their power over us under the guise of what's best for us, they fail us greatly.
Micheal Garry
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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