Government Monopoly
Feb 17th, 2010 by The Outsider
When the private sector gets involved in becoming a monopoly, the government steps in and puts them out of business. When the government does it, they say it is necessary to keep things “fair”! The private sector believes in competition as a means of producing quality; both in products and in intellectual superiority. The government believes in hanging on to cushy jobs in lieu of making things better by competition and hiring the best person for the job.
This has been going on for too many years now and we are feeling and seeing the effects of failed government policies. The government schools are hurting us the most, particularly in the inner cities among the poor. Obama said a good education is the best weapon against poverty and yet he cancelled the Washington DC voucher school program. Why did he do that? He cares more about the school unions and the big campaign contributions his party gets from the unions, than he cares about the 50% drop-out rate among black males. Then there is the problem of dependency and all the crime that comes with it in those poor areas. The illegitimate birth rate makes up almost 72% of all births among the African American woman. The irresponsible fathers are nowhere to be found.
So what are the schools teaching? The schools are supposed to be a place to learn and think for one’s self. Instead they are more like a breeding ground for dependency, liberal thought and the world view that “we can do whatever we want and the government will take care of us!
John Stossel has an article on this subject worth reading. California is finally getting wise to the educational problem they face and are doing something about it. The “dumbing down” of America will have to stop if we are to compete with other countries for manufacturing jobs and to develop our technology to stay ahead. We have not been doing very well at this lately. ”A mind is a terrible thing to waste”, the saying goes! What the Dems really mean to say is: ”A vote is a terrible thing to waste”. Just ask the SEIU members!