Sean Renaud
The West Coast Pop
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The Constitution sets the extent to which the Federal Government should be involved. What the government does now, for the most part, is not Constitutional (as far as dealing with concerns such as education and welfare and such).
Not really. It gives a list of specific things the government can't do with the obvious implication that it can do anything it's not specifically prohibited from doing.
Fortunately, the Constitution was written in the Founding Father's world and not yours.[/QUOTE]
Not fortunate at all.
There are very good reasons to limit the scope of the government. Education is a superb one. Common Core is an EXCELLENT example of having the Federal Government involved in education....they are completely incapable of doing this (Head Start is another example of complete failure of the government to establish a program to "educate" people......it only becomes a quagmire of paperwork and teaching to tests.....has NOTHING to do with actually taking the time to educate children).
Common Core is an excellent example of the Fed finally stepping up and doing it's job. You think it's a coincidence we aren't even in the top ten (I want to say 37th place but I'm not in the mood to google that besides it varies on math and science) in education? We suck and a large part of that is our federal government hasn't even set standards.
If you're talking about teaching tests what you mean is No Child Left Behind. Head STart is another excellent program and one we should strive to provide for all children in this country. We are not going to step back up until the Feds take farther control.
As far as limiting the government sure, but to what degree and what ends? Limited for the sake of limited is at best silly.
Less intrusive government is ALWAYS a good thing.....but even better is a government which abides by the Constitution on which it was established!
No, less intrusive (whatever that means) government is not always a good thing. A government that abides by the Constitution it was established on. . .good god you're dumb. That should either be founding documents or . .. nevermind.
That's all good and well. The documents should probably be re written every thirty to fifty years so we don't have such ignorance floating around as we do in ours.