Tehon
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We have had a governmental education department in this country since 1867. It coincided with the development of this country.It is my view that it is in the national interest to ensure our youth are getting a proper education. If that requires setting up a department of government to oversee it then yes, I'm good with it.It must really chap your ass that GW increased the DoED budget by 14 billion dollars.“…the left typically likes to consolidate huge swathes of people and govern them from one, centralized government.”
Incorrect.
Liberals are pragmatists, they believe the best government is government that works best, regardless its size: local governments are best suited to serve the needs of the people of local jurisdictions; a larger national government is best suited to address foreign relations, provide for the national defense, and to act as a valuable resource for smaller local governments.
Consequently, the thread premise fails as a false dilemma fallacy, as neither larger government nor smaller government is ‘better.’
The DoED is one example of leftist ideology on governance. I think education would be better if this federal bureaucracy did not exist. Can you demonstrate how federalizing education is BETTER than it was before?
We have a fairly decentralized education system comparatively speaking.
Your philosophy of smaller governance doesn't really translate to real world examples.
Federal Role in Education
It is your view that it's better to send money to D.C. to subsidize the DoED than it is to keep those funds in local districts? If so, how so?
I appreciate your view, but I don't share it. The DoED should be eliminated and the money siphoned from local districts in order to subsidize an army of Washington bureaucrats can, instead, be actually spent on more teachers in classrooms, etc. I certainly haven't seen any evidence that the DoED has improved the education of our children. How much have we spent on the DoED since it was created in 1977, over $2 TRILLION? And what do we have to show for it?
Again, national governance versus local governance. Some things need national governance, education isn't one of them.