Is it me or is the Democratic Party falling apart?

[Febo]

Actually I am going to get into this education bit.

If you are proposing Americans add in more money besides just their tax money into something that is meant to be provided by the government then you really only need to look at most schools these days. Parents end up having to flip the bill for a small bit of stuff.

But by demanding that people pay for what they use, or basing the education off of what the parents can put in then you are setting the country up for failure.

What will happen is you will end up establishing a social elite in the country. Much like times of old. This will only further the gap between well to do and impoverished. By furthering this gap you will only increase the dissent amongst the ranks and this will ultimately fail the country and bring down this nation. Much like the Roman Empire.

You may think that is drastic, but it is very real. Ignorance is one of the greatest enemies this nation has. Ignorance of politics, ignorance of science, ignorance of culture, ignorance of just being a decent human being.

The education system is something that NEEDS reform, and NEEDS funding no matter what. If we continue to slip on this area this nation will go nowhere fast. Even faster than it is right now.

"An educated population is a hard population for a government to control."
^ This statement.... This is just... Wow. If this was true then this wouldn't be the case...
"Newsweek's cover story this week is "The World's Best Countries." Topping that list is Finland, which is also the top ranked country in education. Second is South Korea; the magazine credits its "focus on education" for lifting it from a nation as rich as Afghanistan in the 1960s to third on its list of "economic dynamism."

How could a country prosper like that if an educated population is hard to control. Quite the opposite, and educated population is a population that is richer, more successful, more competitive on the global market, promotes less crime, and is all around more productive.

How could any of this equate to bad for the government? It can't. Please do not confuse educated with paranoid.