I'm not as eloquent as Danny. Politics isn't my thing, so if this post doesn't sound very eloquent and well thought out then I apologize.
From Danny's post:
the Dept of Education should not exist. Education is a State issue, not a Federal Govt issue.
I totally agree. I just want to point out that this nation was founded with the idea of a small central government and strong state governments. Sounds like Obama is trying to change that. Not cool.
if a little bit of competition was introduced in education, we would not be churning out the poor excuse of a public education system we have now.
Again, I totally agree.
This means that the Federal Government will begin to dictate the curriculum for our local schools.
I see this being potentially disastrous. Sure, you might think it would be a good idea for us all to be learning the same thing, but who is going to decide this? Some yahoo from California who doesn't have any concept about what is really useful for some kid in Indiana to know? (Why should I learn about hurricane safety if I live in the Midwest?)
Create the American Opportunity Tax Credit: Obama will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit. This universal and fully refundable credit will ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans, and will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students.
There are so many things wrong with this idea that I am flabbergasted that anyone could not see past its obvious pandering to the mindless American. I can't wait to pay for some moron to drink his way through college. And this isn't saying that the government will regulate college tuition, but I think it is a precursor to this. If our federal government starts telling our colleges what they are allowed to charge (Um, yeah, you can't charge anything. Thanks.) then they are going to start telling them what they are allowed to teach! Next step, the federal govt telling universities who they are allowed to accept. Yeah, I went to a liberal arts college. I 100% believe in allowing individual colleges or states or whoever decide what should be taught at colleges, how much they can charge and who should be allowed in. Am I way off base here (got to put on my tinfoil hat)? I may have misinterpreted this, but I don't think regulating what colleges are allowed to charge for tuition is too far away from his gay American Opportunity Tax Credit. Also, I don't think the federal government should be involved in this. I think this is a state issue.
Okay. I try to stay out of political discussions cause they make me sound stupid, but I just wanted to comment.
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Merilee,
The biggest problem with funding education is that it drives the cost of tuition up. This is the same reason health care costs are out of control. Universities can charge whatever they want for education because they know that the money is there for everyone in the world to be educated. They don't care where they get the money or who gets screwed by student loans. They can get it and when they raise tuition... Government funding goes up ensuring that their customer base will survive.
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