The Republican Party and the Takeover of Public High Schools

Did you think the Republican party was the party of smaller government and local control? Guess again.Lew Rockwell reports:

In politics the greatest evil often comes from sources people least suspect. Conservatives and Republicans, for example. They are now responsible, through the most sly and underhanded means, of putting the federal government in charge of certifying the rigor of the nation's public high schools – an unprecedented power grab.

These are the people who say they want to reduce government control over the country, they trust the people to manage their own affairs, leave matters to the states, and the rest of the malarkey we've been hearing for about sixty years.

But you can say that poison is apple juice and it will still yield death. And the latest offerings from this conservative Republican administration could certainly mean that for American education.

The evil originates with the Republican Senate, in a 774-page education bill that slathers another $3.75 billion on the public education sector.

Do you like having two socialist parties in Washington?