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Is It Possible to Help the Poor with Government Funding of Education?
I’m all in favor of giving the poor direct cash transfers, such as the Negative Income Tax or Citizen’s Dividends. But the more I think about education the more I wonder if government funding of education is not part of … Continue reading
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Thomas Jefferson on Public Education: “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical”
Many people believe that the American founding fathers believed that public education was crucial for democracy, and thus that “we” have an obligation to maintain the government-financed, teachers’ union controlled system that we have today. David W. Kirkpatrick is a … Continue reading
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