January 17, 2006
Success measured by Tax Dollars
For those who support as large a government as possible, and those who are strong supporters of socialist ideas, North Carolina Education is #1, as The very socialist Charlotte Observer points out. When speaking about the huge dollars spent by the state and subsidys given away to college students in North Carolina, the Observer says,
But that's not enough. Despite the taxpayers providing a majority of the cash to pay for college educations in the state, the Observer wants even more:
In other words, the taxpayers should pay for colleges, and a college education should cost nothing to those who get it. Well, that's what socialists and the left believe -- if you work, you should be punished by being forced to pay for other people who do NOT work. That's plain wrong.
Money is not the answer. It never has been. Government is ill-equipped to run the education system -- they've been doing it for decades, and the system is much worse than it was before.
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That's evidence that tax dollars spent on those resources are good investments. But it's also a mandate to keep state tuition and fees from boiling out of reach of ordinary citizens.
But that's not enough. Despite the taxpayers providing a majority of the cash to pay for college educations in the state, the Observer wants even more:
But the legislature must also pay a greater share of the university's operating costs.
In other words, the taxpayers should pay for colleges, and a college education should cost nothing to those who get it. Well, that's what socialists and the left believe -- if you work, you should be punished by being forced to pay for other people who do NOT work. That's plain wrong.
And yet, even that's not enough for the Observer! Despite there being no evidence that class size has any effect on education -- and some studies in North Carolina actually show a smaller class size can REDUCE the number of students who get good grades and pass, they still want even MORE money spent on colleges:
In Chapel Hill the student/faculty ratio is 14:1; in Charlotte it's 19:1. The only way to overcome that disadvantage is by improved state funding.
Money is not the answer. It never has been. Government is ill-equipped to run the education system -- they've been doing it for decades, and the system is much worse than it was before.
Government should get completely out of the education business -- from pre-K to colleges. They have absolutely proven that they cannot educate people, so they should stop trying. The free market really does work.
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The only problem I have with private education is that no regulation will exist for the education. This could eventually turn into a case of the more you pay the better the student. This in turn will seperate the lower class from the upper class furthering the divide.
I would like to see at least some regulation, some commonality between the schools. I don't mean government regulation but a national body from the actual schools could regulate them.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at January 17, 2006 01:53 PM (5+Jvh)
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I don't see a problem with paying more for a better education. That's already the case, whether people want to admit it or not. Harvard University costs more than the local community college.
People need to understand that education is NOT for everyone. Basic reading and writing skills WILL be taught -- people were MUCH more literate before government started running education.
But not everyone needs or wants a college education. But government WANTS everyone to have one -- so they can pay for it and control it.
If there's no government regulation, there will be self-regulation, which is FUN in a free society.
For example, look at the computer industry -- there's no government regulation (for the most part), but there's standards for hardware and software, and there's dozens of accrediting bodies that can certify people in all sorts of ways.
I'd LOVE to see that in education, too!
Posted by: Ogre at January 17, 2006 02:04 PM (/k+l4)
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I agree with that for colleges but not K-12 which is what I was referring to. I don't think K-12 should turn into a spending fest to determine your childs future. Soon it will turn into picking food or education for your children.
The problem with regulations in computers is that the government has or had a say in its creation and still has some say (RIAA and FCC) in decisions and standards.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at January 17, 2006 02:49 PM (5+Jvh)
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I know government will never get out of education -- there's too many people making money from the nightmare -- but the least we could do is fix it -- let the money for the students follow the student. That's how nearly every other country with government $ works -- and they're all doing better than we are.
Posted by: Ogre at January 17, 2006 07:22 PM (/k+l4)
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