5stringJeff
Senior Member
Avatar4321 said:Although it seems like a side issue the Department of Education really is unconstitutional. There is no provision in the Constitution that allows the Federal government to be involved with education.
With that said, I dont think any politician would have the balls to actually disolve the department or even cut funding from it. We could be wasting billions of dollars in it and provide far more efficient ways to spend the money, yet the politics involved it it would never allow. And there is no way the Courts will eliminate the department either..
The fact is we are stuck with it right now until people wake up and start remember the principles of small government.
Newt Gingrich wanted to eliminate it. Too bad he wasn't able to do so. But you are right - the federal government has no Constitutional authority to be involved in education.