In his speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Obama has said (as quoted by the WaPo):
America, we cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done, not with so many children to educate and so many veterans to care for, not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save, not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend
Where oh where did he find that it is the government's job to do any of these things?!?!
6 comments:
Did he say that it was?
Well, he implied that it was merely by including it in his speech, didn't he?
No Child Left Behind; VA Hospitals...the government has it's hands in all this stuff in one way or another.
Wait, you really don't think the government should provide care for veterans or public education?
Doh, that last comment should read "Should NOT", I forgot that not. Kinda important.
The government definitely should provide care for veterans, with two caveats. There ought to be far fewer veterans. And while it is reasonable for the government to pay for it for the most part, I do not think they should manage it, since they can't do it properly and are not likely to learn. As for public education, the case is far less solid, I think, especially where Federal government is concerned. I really do think there is more of a place for a market in education than we currently have. At the very least, the government has no business setting standards and spending millions of taxpayer dollars mis-enfocring them.
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