Should public education including state subsidized universities be eliminated?

Question

I'm talking public education from K to 12th and including government student grants and subsidized loans.

Should they be eliminated?

Also, please state whether you are liberal, conservative, or moderate.

Answer 1

Sure, why not. I'm a leftist.

I'd love to see what America would look like ten years after we make this move.

Christian Madrases everywhere and all our kids working for 30 cents an hour in Chinese owned factories.

Count me in!

Answer 2

All public funding for education should be eliminated. The GI Bill is not public funding, it is a payment for services (military service). All education should look like our college system. It is available to everyone, but only the people that want to attend pay for it. I have no problem with the government offering student loans, as long as it is run like a business. It must show a profit or break even, not be subsidized by the tax payers. If you want an education, pay for it. So what if it is expensive? So is a house. We mitigate that by paying for it over 30 years. Why not do the same thing for education? The current system is a monopoly. I have to pay for a public education, no matter how bad it is. The only way to get a good education is to go to private school. But if I do that, then I am paying twice for the same education. That is inefficient and immoral.

Answer 3

If you want a stupid, uneducated population that is unable to compete in the global marketplace with people from Europe or Asia, than sure lets eliminate public education. Education is the best way to give people the opportunity to succeed in this world. It is really quite simple, those that are poor, in prison, unsuccessful, single parents, drug users, etc are likely to be uneducated. Since education leads to success, it is only reasonable that our government fund the education of our children. Personally, I think K-12 education is the MOST important thing our government should do to better the lives of it people and protect the American dream.

However, I would definitely favor a voucher system that would allow parents to choose which school their children would go to and use federal or state money to either pay for that schooling or offset some of the cost of that schooling. Competition can only make our education system perform better.

For the record, I consider myself a conservative.

Answer 4

I believe as the framers of our democracy did, that there should be public education (and not just to learn for state tests). This education should not just teach English & math. It should teach the arts & trades: music, painting, collage, woodworking, chorus, band, physical educ., etc.
Children learn things in many ways ie: music teaches math, it gives children ways to learn about different cultures, enjoyment, self esteem, articulation, etc. Children learn visually, audically, manually, tactilely etc. We should provide our students learning with all of their senses.

Education should include: History, Civics, Economics, Sciences, Social Studies, Geography, Technology, Languages. etc.
Our children have been relegated to a narrow course of education because of "no children left behind".

Statistics show our students are way below those of other countries and are being left behind when it comes to jobs.

As far as gov't student grants & subsidized loans, they should definitely continue. The better educated the population, the better we can compete in a global economy. Loans can provide for people to return to school to get retrained for industries in which there are jobs.

Why should we give work permits to 70,000 Indians/year because our own population can't fill those jobs?

Grants & loans give those (who would ordinarily be unable) to have the opportunity to attend higher education. It gives people the ability to go for advanced degrees. It provides our society with the ability to be more self sufficient.

Without loans & grants we further damage and destroy the middle class which is necessary for a democracy to exist.

I am liberal.

Answer 5

No way, you think our education system in warped now wait until you have an entire country of people that can't afford an education. There isn't a successful country out there that doesn't have a public education system. Does ours need work? Yes, but you can't completely eliminate a program like that. It's asking for trouble; make reforms over an extended period of time.

I'm liberal by the way.

Answer 6

Yes, I believe public education should be eliminated. All schools and universities should be subsidized or none of them should, and they all should be held to the same standards. If they are superior learning institutions, they should be highly rated, and subsidized by the government or privately, but there shouldn't be this situation where you have to pay for public education and a private education if you want better learning for your kids. I am conservative.

Answer 7

Moderate.
Absolutely NOT. You want completely privatized education? Education for the wealthy only? You would eliminate the opportunity for a good education for probably a good 40% of the population

Answer 8

From America but not the Saudis have wholly or partly financed some 210 Islamic Centers (check out this one in Boca Raton, Florida!!!), more than 1,500 mosques and 202 colleges and almost 2,000 schools for educating Muslim children in non-Islamic countries in Europe, Asia, South America, Canada, Australia and America. Check out the mosque near you and look for Islamic propagandists exalting the virtues of Islam to appear soon in YOUR kid's school. Speaking of schools, watch them try to infuse Islam and Islamic rights INTO school systems! Did you know that some Islamic schools in America are teaching hatred toward American Jews and Christians? And what about regular North American colleges and universities? Check out one of the so-called "social activities" of the M.S.A. (Muslim Student Association)!

Answer 9

Private schools should be able to compete with government schools for students. Tax money budgeted for education should follow the student to the school of his/her choice instead of the student following the tax money to a designated government school. Monopolies always produce mediocrity. Competition is vital to improve education and lower costs.

Answer 10

I think so. I'm tired of our tax dollars going into a system that indoctrinates children instead of educating them. Also, schools that fail miserably are never held accountable. Finally, I don't have children, but I still get raped in property taxes. I'm not completely against public education, but I think the K-12 system is obsolete and in need of a fresh perspective. Vouchers at a minimum.

I consider myself a fiscally conservative but socially liberal Pimp.