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2007-02-19 23:54:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No I don't agree.
Reason:
Because there is nothing in the US Constitution about it.
How can you have a Constitutional Right that's not in the Constitution ??
Why are you asking trick questions at 7am ?
Join the Military and earn your GI Bill and pay for your own College like I did.
2007-02-20 00:03:14 · answer #1 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Your question, I think, is misleading and argumentative. I have no idea if "free higher education is a constitutional right" but I do know that higher education benefits society.
Think about it.
India and the asian countries are already far ahead of us in their younger citizens being computer literate. What do you think that means? Most citizens in other countries speak more than one language -- most Americans struggle with correct English! What do you think that means?
Math? History? Engineering? RESEARCH?
The world is facing severe challenges, and America used to be the leader in many areas.
Well.......we're not any more.
If people could "check their emotions at the door" and give a moment or two to think about the drop in the bucket which is EDUCATION as compared to the TRILLIONS - that's right, I said it -- TRILLIONS being spent on war toys, then perhaps reason would prevail.
This country had better start providing Education for its citizens. It's an investment, it's money in the bank.
2007-02-20 00:08:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For it to be a constitutional right, it must be in the Constitution or the Amendments. This is because, according to the 10th Amendment, any power not specified in the Constitution or Amendments, does NOT belong to the federal government.
Since there is nothing in the document that says the government will pay for free higher education, then, by Constitutional law, it is NOT a right.
Secondly, if we look at the rights delineated in the Bill of Rights, we see that all the rights contained therein do not infringe on others. None of them require taking money from other people, none of them require others to relinquish their own rights, none of them require forcing others to perform work.
But, like many other of the modern socialist so-called "rights", this is just another "bread & circuses" entitlement. It is not a right if it requires the government to forcibly take money from others in order to pay for it.
2007-02-20 00:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing in the Constitution about the right to a higher education.
2007-02-20 00:00:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It (The US Constitution) does not say that the government has the responsibility to educate the masses. However, with the surpluss of funds that the budget of taxes brings in, it makes sense to allocate a portion of the money to education. Education is a tool by which we can actually combat most social ills, and improve the quality of life for our nation, which happens to be why the third world states see the US as being wealthy. My first father-in-law was astounded by packaged condiments being given away at a fast food joint, yet we take that luxury, like most of our luxuries, for granted.
But, post-high school education is on you. Sorry. I refuse to pay for your school, when I can't even afford to send me back.
2007-02-20 00:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the U.S. Constitution pal. There is zero in that for ANY government involvement in education at any level. No funding of school lunches, no student loans, no bureaucrat telling me what i can and cannot teach my children.
Can anyone argue that schools have gotten better since Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education?
2007-02-20 01:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by mikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not everyone wants to go to college. There are lots of trade schools out there that offer a much better career than anything college will lead to. Many careers teach you how to do the job anyway, so higher education goes out the window. I work with a man who's an MD, never worked it, and has spent his career doing software design the company taught him...
2007-02-20 00:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by ropemancometh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Why?
Because the Supreme Court says so.
By the way, when should that kind of "free higher education end?" After med school? Can I go back and become a lawyer too? Can I then go to MIT and be a Ph.D engineer? Can I then go to modeling school? Can I then go to interior design school? Can I then learn to build houses?
Maybe I'll actually work when I turn 64. I can retire the next year.
Also, a person ought to have enough education by the time they get out of high school to support themselves --- yes, even through college.
2007-02-19 23:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by junglejoe 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How is it your right for me to pay for your higher education? If you want higher education work for it.
2007-02-19 23:58:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO
This country does enough dumb things to punish success and reward the lazy. Now we want to give people who do not want to WORK for a college degree...a college degree!
Here in WI we pay about half the cost of a student attending college and I think THAT is too much.
We have 4 children and we are paying 100% of their college costs. We can afford 4 kids and that's what we had. We do not expect the Government to take care of them.
2007-02-20 00:36:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋