Strings Attached

Darren at Right on the Left Coast passes along some common sense on education and federal funding he found at Going to the Mat:

While I have not studied the Bush budget to any real degree, it strikes me as funny that groups that argue that the federal government is getting too involved in education, now complain when the Federal government cuts the purse strings. It is only through the spending power of Congress that the federal government has any way of enforcing educaiton policy on the states.

Pick a side and stick with. Either you want the federal money, in which case you must play by Congress's political rules, or your don't want the money. But you can't complain when the government cuts funding if you want the money with no strings attached.

Yep. That's the main reason I don't want government money or credits for educating my children. That will inevitably lead to the government wanting a say (or more of one -- they already require testing and a letter of intent) in how I educate my children. I prefer no money over strings.

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