The North Carolina Legislature, that august body, concerned with high and weighty government issues, passed their ban and restrictions on vending machines in government schools. And no, they haven't even passed a budget for the state of North Carolina yet, and they're now over a month late on the incredibly irresponsible and reckless budget.

Why is the legislature wasting time on such "projects?" Why does the legislature even assume to presume that if they limit 75% of the snacks in a school vending machine to "under 200 calories" that suddenly there will be no fat kids? Oh, right, "if it helps just one child..."

This example again shows how wasteful and irresponsible the (sometimes duly) elected Democrats in Raleigh can be. There is no reason for this act, there's no reason for the legislature to be concerned with such issues, and there's no reason they shouldn't have passed a budget yet.

Get the government out of schooling, period. There is absolutely no reason that government should have a monopoly on education. North Carolina is only required to provide an opportunity for eduction -- they have no need to force it upon people, and they should not be running any government schools -- they're obviously not smart enough to.

Posted by: Ogre at 05:03 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 Getting the government out of the schools would fix a lot of things.

Posted by: Jay at August 10, 2005 07:53 AM (2FcUc)

2 It would fix SO many things. It is probably the single largest step that would help this country reclaim her freedom.

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2005 07:56 AM (/k+l4)

3 I think this is happening in FL too. I'm not sure as I don't keep up with our public schools as I send my kids to a private Christian school.

Posted by: Bou at August 10, 2005 09:46 PM (5JHEt)

4 You horrible, evil, uncaring, Republican!

Posted by: Ogre at August 11, 2005 05:35 AM (L0IGK)

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