Is John Maynard Keynes in Government Schools?
by Kathy Brown on June 2nd, 2009 | 0 comments
Keynes gives us the "Keynsian economic" theory. In a nutshell, it proposes that government has the responsibility to produce wealth, not private enterprise. He was in favor of the federal government borrowing money.
The centrality of government is an obvious component of our public school system. From Head Start to graduate school, children walk through years of state mandates and mind set. The only competition (see the post "Who is the National Education Association) available comes to those who can afford it. Taxes continue to fund failing schools and schools that don't meet the needs of many.
There is emerging, however, a possibility that may change everything. The funding for statist schools is running out. There may be a point at which parents and taxpayers will say: "no more." Christians and Jews who send their children to parochial schools, or who home school, may realize their taxes ARE supporting a religious worldview: and they are sick of paying for it. Christian teachers may begin to understand they have been forced into endorsing ideas contrary to God's direction, and they may refuse to join the NEA. Parents of poor children will want the same advantages as those who can buy their way out. Those who believe God does exist, and are not Christians, may prefer another way to grow up their community and families. There will be a movement to open up choices for everyone.
Unless the government decides to bail out public schools. And then. . .Keynes will be grinning from ear to ear.
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