Quote Originally Posted by Syme View Post
I think his point is exactly what he said: "Society's imperative is to ensure that it's members are as well equipped to integrate into that society as possible. Ignorance begets violence, poverty and ultimately over reliance on the government." He is defending the idea of public education, in response to your suggestion that public education is not a valid role for government.
That quote doesn't at all look like a point to me, but ok.

I didn't say it was my view that public education is not a valid role for government. However, based on government's track record of programs, they are really good at making things worse whenever they control more. If education is to be public (which there's no way the public would even CONSIDER anything else at this point even if it made way more sense), then there at least needs to be some sort of voucher system in place to ensure competition between schools. Competition is what makes things better, but a government monopoly where you must go to a certain public school if you live in a certain district encourages mediocrity. Not to mention the stupidity of teachers unions. Sure they are great for the teachers (or so some would say), but not so great for the kids.