Doe A Dear Power Grab!

You've heard me rant about the DOE, (Department of Education), before, the bureaucracy created by Lyndon Baines Johnson using the pretext of civil rights to expand the power of the federal Government. The idea of this financial mess was to help low income families with education subsidies. So how's that working out?

The initial budget when it was formed was $13.1 billion, (inflation adjusted) and it employed 450 people. The 2010 estimated budget is....$107 billion employing 4800 government workers. Just another example of why our nation is in debt, and how every government program becomes this ever expanding festering infection.

Here's the really funny part, providing your still able to keep your sense of humor.

During the 1995 government shutdown, because of the budget crisis, 89.4 percent of those union backed government employees was deemed.....non essential, unneeded, useless, you know, a waste of our money.

Here's the scuttlebutt, the whole idea of a federally run Department of Education is unconstitutional. "Any powers not granted to the federal government belongs to the states." No where in the Constitution does it define education as a power granted to the federal government. And there is no way they can use the commerce clause to defend this one.

Who know better about the need you community has than the community itself? Who understands the challenges each and every town faces better than those with the boots on the ground? Problems are best solved and managed at the lowest level possible. But then that would lessen the power of the federal government to intrude into your life, wouldn't it? As Ronald Reagan pointed out.....

"Education is the principle responsibility of the local school system, teachers, parents,citizen boards, and state governments."

That would insure the local needs and preferences of the community are met rather than the wishes of Washington when it comes to the education of our children. But then they couldn't insure our children won't learn about creationism or how the role of religion was critical in the founding of our nation.

As Homer Simpson aptly put it...."DOE!"

God Bless!
Capt. Bill