The
following was written in November 2013 as a response to the
questionnaire for federal candidates seeking an endorsement from the
Liberty Caucus of the Republican Conference (i.e., the Republican
Party).
Here is the link to the original questionnaire:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwi.rlc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2FFederal-Candidate-Questionnaire.doc&ei=u3B8UqXbBqPiiwL2ioCoDg&usg=AFQjCNHAzM58Dr-APGVchRKzOkVV0TKRyw&sig2=qStOgZ0RAgXVAbnHi2kFtw
This is my answer to Question #5.
5.
C and D
(Children's
parents and local school boards should decide what is a proper
education for children; not the state education boards, nor the
federal Department of Education)
The
proper education for children should be decided primarily by (C)
the child's parents and (D)
the local school boards;
not by (A)
the Department of Education or (B)
the state education boards.
This
is because there is no enumerated authority in the Constitution for
the federal government to regulate education, and because powers not
vested in the federal government are retained by the states and the
people.
Constitutionally,
the authority to regulate education is vested in the people and the
states. The purpose of having territories of policy influence be
clearly delineated amongst the states and the federal government is
to ensure that most governance is done near the people it governs,
and that a community of people should govern itself instead of a
distant authority (whether foreign or central).
Therefore
it follows that local solutions should be chosen so long as they are
not only close but also sufficiently competent to make decisions.
This is why I support giving the most decision-making authority
regarding child education to (C)
the child's parents,
followed by (D)
the local school boards,
and lastly (B)
the state education boards. I
would vote to abolish the federal Department of Education, and I
would only support federal regulation of education in a case in which
it were to be passed as a constitutional amendment.
For
more entries on child welfare and education, please
visit:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2013/12/proletarian-radical-agorist-economics.html
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2013/12/proletarian-radical-agorist-economics.html
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