School Choice Video Shows Why Government Education Monopoly Should Be Disbanded

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School Choice Video Shows Why Government Education Monopoly Should Be Disbanded

February 9, 2010 by Dan Mitchell

My Cato colleague Izzy Santa explains why a free-market approach is the key to better schools.

Posted in Education, School Choice | Tagged Education, School Choice | 154 Comments

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on March 10, 2023 at 6:02 pm Arkansas is putting Milton Friedman’s School Voucher idea to the test! Perhaps the boldest component of the initiative is the creation of Educational Freedom Accounts, which are similar to education savings account (ESA) policies in 11 other states. Wit

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on January 30, 2023 at 6:50 pm The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, created in 1990, is the country’s first modern private school choice program. Right in line with Milton Friedman’s 1955 idea for a tuition voucher, the program offers private school vouchers to low‐ and mid

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on December 31, 2022 at 4:28 pm Dan Mitchell: Just like last year, we can celebrate that there was more progress on education this year. In 2021, West Virginia led the way. In 2022, Arizona was the best example! | The Daily Hatch

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on July 4, 2022 at 3:22 pm Dan Mitchell: I wrote earlier this week about school choice in Arizona, but this is such great news that it merits more attention. Indeed, I made it my “underreported story” in this week’s edition of the Square Circle! | The Daily Hatch

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on June 27, 2022 at 7:18 pm Dan Mitchell article School Choice on the March…Again | The Daily Hatch

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on June 27, 2022 at 12:06 pm School Choice on the March…Again | International Liberty

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on June 22, 2022 at 2:27 pm The Failure of Public Schooling in One Chart - Dr. Rich Swier

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on June 21, 2022 at 5:12 pm Dan Mitchell: “When I discuss this issue with my left-leaning friends, they usually trot out the third argument. They say it is wrong, or perhaps even unconstitutional. to give families tax-funded vouchers that can be used at religious schools. I then a

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on December 10, 2021 at 9:16 am Educational Choice, the Supreme Court, and a Level Playing Field for Religious Schools | International Liberty

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on March 3, 2021 at 11:12 pm DAN MITCHELL article “Everything You Need to Know about Teacher Unions” | The Daily Hatch

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on March 3, 2021 at 8:52 am Everything You Need to Know about Teacher Unions | International Liberty

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on February 3, 2021 at 2:37 am OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMA ON HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY “A PROMISED LAND” Part 74 BUSING AND WHITE FLIGHT ARE ISSUES YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH WHEN IT SHOULD BE PROVIDING SCHOOL VOUCHERS TO HELP INNER CITY KIDS GET A GOOD EDUCATION! | The Daily Hatch

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on January 19, 2021 at 7:46 am Andrew Sullivan rips NYT for calling Black Lives Matter riots ‘isolated instances of property destruction’ | The Daily Hatch

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on January 12, 2021 at 2:27 am OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMA ON HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY “A PROMISED LAND” Part 52 “But steadily, year by year—through BUSING, Roe v. Wade, urban crime, and WHITE FLIGHT:through affirmative action, the Moral Majority, and the Clinton impeachment—America

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on October 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm Milton Friedman’s school voucher program is the best opportunity for poor kids to get an excellent education!!! | The Daily Hatch

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on June 5, 2020 at 4:15 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY Vouchers Education Week, Part II: The Case for School Choice | The Daily Hatch

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on May 1, 2020 at 4:19 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY Vouchers Education Week, Part I: The Continuing Deterioration of K-12 Government Schooling | The Daily Hatch

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on November 28, 2019 at 12:54 pm Vouchers Education Week, Part I: The Continuing Deterioration of K-12 Government Schooling | The Daily Hatch

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on November 19, 2019 at 11:52 am Education Week, Part II: The Case for School Choice | International Liberty

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on November 18, 2019 at 12:50 pm Education Week, Part I: The Continuing Deterioration of K-12 Government Schooling | International Liberty

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on August 12, 2018 at 9:49 am A Court Case that Tells You Everything You Need to Know about Government | International Liberty

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on May 14, 2018 at 6:20 pm More Pay for Unionized Teachers Is the Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem – Dr. Rich Swier

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on January 21, 2018 at 10:10 am The Global Version of More Money =/= Better Education | International Liberty

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on December 26, 2017 at 11:58 am Plenty of Fat and Waste to Cut at the United Nations, Part I | International Liberty

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on June 6, 2017 at 10:06 am Why Money Won't Save the Failing Public School System

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on April 23, 2017 at 11:48 am A Poll to Check if You Believe in “Libertarian Capitalism” | International Liberty

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on April 22, 2017 at 7:53 am Government Schools + Anti-Gun Political Correctness = Child Abuse | International Liberty

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on March 8, 2017 at 10:36 am More Funding for Government Schools: Throwing Good Money after Bad | International Liberty

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on December 24, 2016 at 8:55 pm The Failure of Public Schooling in One Chart | Foundation for Economic Education

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on December 21, 2016 at 1:30 pm Educacao fundamental: um desastre americano (imaginem no Brasil) – Daniel J. Mitchell – Farol.News

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on December 19, 2016 at 9:53 am More Tax Dollars for Government Schools ≠ Better Education | International Liberty

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on October 14, 2016 at 12:38 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY Dan Mitchell and Milton Friedman: Subsidies for Higher Education Are the Problem! | The Daily Hatch

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on September 2, 2016 at 7:24 am School Choice will improve U.S. Education!!!! | The Daily Hatch

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on August 24, 2016 at 7:59 am Hillary Is Wrong: Subsidies for Higher Education Are the Problem, not the Solution | International Liberty

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on July 29, 2016 at 12:24 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY America’s Government School System: Never Have so Many Paid so Much to Achieve so Little March 20, 2015 by Dan Mitchell (with Milton Friedman video) | The Daily Hatch

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on July 22, 2016 at 12:18 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY What if the NFL Was Run Like the Government School System? October 4, 2011 by Dan Mitchell (with video from Milton Friedman) | The Daily Hatch

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on July 22, 2016 at 12:18 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY What if the NFL Was Run Like the Government School System? October 4, 2011 by Dan Mitchell (with video from Milton Friedman) | The Daily Hatch

[…] this video to get more […]
on July 15, 2016 at 12:10 am FRIEDMAN FRIDAY Excellent Washington Post Editorial (Yes, Really) on School Choice September 3, 2013 by Dan Mitchell (with Milton Friedman video) | The Daily Hatch

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on May 16, 2016 at 8:14 am What if the NFL Was Run Like the Government School System? October 4, 2011 by Dan Mitchell (with video from Milton Friedman) | The Daily Hatch

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on May 12, 2016 at 8:23 am America’s Government School System: Never Have so Many Paid so Much to Achieve so Little March 20, 2015 by Dan Mitchell (with Milton Friedman video) | The Daily Hatch

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on May 12, 2016 at 8:09 am Excellent Washington Post Editorial (Yes, Really) on School Choice September 3, 2013 by Dan Mitchell (with Milton Friedman video) | The Daily Hatch

[…] more information on the overall issue of school choice, I strongly recommend this video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity […]
on November 8, 2015 at 3:04 pm The Libertarian Solution to Transgender Bathrooms and Locker Rooms | International Liberty

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on August 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm Flat Tax & Other Considerations | 38 South

[…] of the status quo used to claim that school choice was a radical idea, but it’s hard to defend that position since nations such as Sweden, Chile, […]
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on March 20, 2015 at 2:45 pm America’s Government School System: Never Have so Many Paid so Much to Achieve so Little - Freedom's Floodgates

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on March 20, 2015 at 2:25 pm America’s Government School System: Never Have so Many Paid so Much to Achieve so Little | International Liberty

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on February 25, 2015 at 10:39 am Shut Down the Department of Education, End Federal Government Involvement and Intervention | International Liberty

[…] The ultimate answer is to end the government education monopoly and shift to a system based on choice and competition. […]
on January 18, 2014 at 1:00 pm More Bad News On Common Core Education | PatriotsBillboard

[…] Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to put kids first. Perhaps we should discard the Bush-Obama approach of centralization and spending and instead choose a better path. […]
on January 17, 2014 at 8:36 am More Bad News from Government-Run Education: The Corrosive Centralization of Common Core | International Liberty

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on December 24, 2013 at 8:34 am Open letter to President Obama (Part 481) (Powerful Evidence for School Choice) | The Daily Hatch

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on December 21, 2013 at 11:47 am The Amazing Adventures of Super Bureaucrat! | International Liberty

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on October 26, 2013 at 5:59 am The Two Types of Child Victimization at Government Schools | International Liberty

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on October 10, 2013 at 1:04 am Open letter to President Obama (Part 426) We need school choice and the voucher program that Milton Friedman envisioned | The Daily Hatch

[…] Or, if you like government, but at least want good results, imagine the good things that would have happened if state and local governments shifted $180 billion from the failed school monopoly into genuine school choice programs. […]
on September 29, 2013 at 7:45 pm Are Government Schools a Form of Child Abuse? | America's Children

[…] a big fan of school choice. If we bust up the government education monopoly and create a competitive education market, we’ll […]
on September 28, 2013 at 8:20 am Are Government Schools a Form of Child Abuse? | International Liberty

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on September 3, 2013 at 3:59 pm Why not allow everyone to decide what school their kid goes to by using the voucher system? | The Daily Hatch

[…] more information on the overall issue of school choice, I strongly recommend this video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity […]
on September 3, 2013 at 11:33 am Excellent Washington Post Editorial (Yes, Really) on School Choice | International Liberty

[…] more information on the overall issue of school choice, I strongly recommend this video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity […]
on August 28, 2013 at 12:35 am We need school choice and the voucher program that Milton Friedman envisioned | The Daily Hatch

[…] Or, if you like government, but at least want good results, imagine the good things that would have happened if state and local governments shifted $180 billion from the failed school monopoly into genuine school choice programs. […]
on July 2, 2013 at 7:35 am Milton Friedman: “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program” | The Daily Hatch

[…] The “city’s greatest needs” are replacing the failed government education monopoly with school choice and reducing the excessive pensions for over-compensated government bureaucrats – such as the […]
on July 1, 2013 at 2:26 pm What’s the Half-Life of a “Temporary” Tax Increase? | International Liberty

[…] greatest needs” are replacing the failed government education monopoly with school choice and reducing the excessive pensions for over-compensated government bureaucrats – such as the […]
on June 26, 2013 at 10:36 am By Global Standards, the Government Education Bureaucracy Gets the Most Money while Delivering Mediocre Results | International Liberty

[…] What makes this situation so tragic is that we have strong proof that we could get much better outcomes by shifting to a system of school choice. […]
on June 3, 2013 at 1:57 pm America’s Dysfunctional Education System by Dan Mitchell | Miscellaneous Musings of a Meandering Mind

[…] from a policy perspective, we need to bust up the government school monopoly and implement school choice. And not because suburban kids are being victimized by political correctness. That’s a nuisance, […]
on June 3, 2013 at 11:44 am America’s Dysfunctional Education System Has Jumped the Shark | International Liberty

[…] from a policy perspective, we need to bust up the government school monopoly and implement school choice. And not because suburban kids are being victimized by political correctness. That’s a […]
on April 22, 2013 at 2:07 pm Public schools need more competition and vouchers is the answer | The Daily Hatch

[…] Here’s a video explaining why school choice is better than a government-run […]
on April 22, 2013 at 12:00 pm Powerful Evidence for School Choice | International Liberty

[…] Here’s a video explaining why school choice is better than a government-run […]
on April 17, 2013 at 7:57 am Open letter to President Obama (Part 300) | The Daily Hatch

[…] Now, if we can just figure out how to expand school choice in America… […]
on March 13, 2013 at 7:55 am Charlie

A major difference in education is aspiration of pupil, parent and teacher . Too many teachers in the state education system use poverty as an excuse for low aspiration which tends to produce low results. If one looks at cultures such as India, Sri Lanka and other parts of Asia high standards are produced in despite of poverty and large class sizes because of self -discipline, high levels of concentration and high levels of aspiration from parents, pupils, and teachers.

Subjects such as maths, languages ,history, geography and drawing can be taught in run down buildings with only basic equipment. In applied maths one can teach the mathematical aspects of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. After all Newton developed many of his theories in a farm house!

After all thge RC Church has history attracting poor children and producing great scholars, especially the Jesuits . A convent education in India is still considered an asset for women.

A major problem is many state schools is that many teachers are not bright enough to teach pupils to high enough levels to enter top universities especially in subjects such as maths,engineering,music, science, languages( European, Classical and Asian) except for such scools as the Brooklyn High.

Able pupils in maths, ballet and music often need high quality teachers from the age of 6. Able maths students at school have often attained university entry standard by the age of 16-17. Shakespeare was taught at Grammar School ( taught Latin and Greek) and left by the age of 16.

I would suggest many pupils in Grammar and Private schools in the UK by the age of 16 were achieving higher scholastic standards by 1600 than many pupils in inner city schools in the USA and UK in 2012 because they received a more rigorous education and expectations were higher. A gentleman knowsLatin and a scholar knows Latin and Greek. If one looks at the a the mid 18 C ,it would be expected than an educated member of the middle classes knew maths, Latin, Greek and French. A major cause of the success of the USA and Industrial revolution was the high standard of education of the Quakers and other Protestant Groups. Look at the education of those who founded the Ivy League Universities and who wrote the Declaration of Indpendence and compare with the average teacher in a state school.
on March 9, 2013 at 4:28 pm More Insane Political Correctness and Absurd Anti-Gun Nonsense | International Liberty

[…] And the real moral of the story is that we need to break up the government-run education monopoly and allow school choice. […]
on February 19, 2013 at 3:01 pm In a Remarkable Display of Government Stupidity on Steroids, Cops Arrest a 10-Year Old for a Toy Gun « International Liberty

[…] Maybe the bigger lesson (especially given the shocking lack of results after record levels of staffing and funding) is that we should break up the government school monopoly and let parents choose better-quality schools? […]
on February 18, 2013 at 7:57 am Open letter to President Obama (Part 241) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] of the status quo used to claim that school choice was a radical idea, but it’s hard to defend that position since nations such as Sweden, Chile, […]
on February 8, 2013 at 11:57 am Private Schools in India Serve the Poor, but Can They Survive Attacks by Government? « International Liberty

[…] Here’s a video explaining why school choice is better than a government-run […]
on January 19, 2013 at 1:44 pm Courageous Pennsylvania School Officials Nab 5-Year Old Terrorist « International Liberty

[…] But after reading this story, I realize that I was being wimpy. These stories show that the time has come to end the government school monopoly. […]
on January 17, 2013 at 10:36 am Letting the Federal Reserve continue to print money is not the way to go « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] of the status quo used to claim that school choice was a radical idea, but it’s hard to defend that position since nations such as Sweden, Chile, […]
on October 22, 2012 at 3:14 pm School voucher system in Chili « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] Now, if we can just figure out how to expand school choice in America… […]
on September 29, 2012 at 10:01 am Chile’s Amazing School Choice Revolution « International Liberty

[…] if we can just figure out how to expand school choice in America… Rate this:Share […]
on June 20, 2012 at 9:05 am Is Investigating Steroid Use a Legitimate Function of the Federal Government? « International Liberty

[…] departments of the federal government, including Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Education, and […]
on April 8, 2012 at 8:26 am If We Can’t End the Fed, Can We at Least Subject It to Competition? « International Liberty

[…] of the status quo used to claim that school choice was a radical idea, but it’s hard to defend that position since nations such as […]
on March 23, 2012 at 11:47 am Shame on the Teachers’ Union and Double-Shame on the NAACP « International Liberty

[…] this video looks at the broader issue of school choice. Rate this: Share this:PrintEmailFacebookTwitterMoredeliciousDiggFarkLinkedInRedditStumbleUponLike […]
on January 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm AF

The presentation doesn’t account for a number of socio economic variables. Nonetheless, anyone who thinks that the government does much of ANYTHING better than the private sector needs to have his head checked.
on January 7, 2012 at 10:45 am The Complete Failure of Bush’s No-Bureaucrat-Left-Behind Education Scheme « International Liberty

[…] The right approach, of course, is to get the federal government out of the education business completely, and then disband government-imposed school monopolies at the state and local level – as explained in this video. […]
on November 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm « Does Socialism Work? A Classroom Experiment Five Lessons for America from the European Fiscal Crisis « A Moral Outrage

[…] should be substantially cut, including elimination of departments such as HUD, Transportation, Education, Agriculture, etc), but if maintained over a lengthy period will eliminate all red ink. More […]
on November 17, 2011 at 11:54 am Five Lessons for America from the European Fiscal Crisis « News « @griffinrc

[…] should be substantially cut, including elimination of departments such as HUD, Transportation, Education, Agriculture, etc), but if maintained over a lengthy period will eliminate all red ink. More […]
on November 17, 2011 at 8:27 am Five Lessons for America from the European Fiscal Crisis « International Liberty

[…] should be substantially cut, including elimination of departments such as HUD, Transportation, Education, Agriculture, etc), but if maintained over a lengthy period will eliminate all red ink. More […]
on October 6, 2011 at 1:33 am Bohdan

whooooaaa wait a second. It is a fallacy to say, “the answer is simple,” and then to show one graph and say “see?” The answer is not necessarily complicated, but even a non-economics person from the CATO Institute (or someone speaking on non-economic terms) ought to understand the difference between correlation and causation. Economics, policy, math, and politics majors have heard it a million times (and patiently nod their heads) when a non-statistician tries to tell them that correlation does not equal causality. It gets annoying. And yet someone from an organization that is supposed to be filled with smart people shows a chart of test scores, where private school students perform better than public school students, and surmises that the result is “simple” – private education is better because it allows competition. Any econometrician can point out what’s wrong with that. But so can any informed ordinary citizen. How do we know that there are not exogenous factors? In other words, maybe poor(er) people who can’t afford private school work longer hours and thus cannot be there to help or encourage education in the household. Perhaps they themselves don’t see the value in an education, and thus don’t encourage it. Perhaps they can’t afford private tutors, extra books, and other things that can help a child’s test scores. Maybe the teachers in a private school aren’t state-monitored as tightly and inflate their students’ test scores. Maybe there is a genetic factor involved, and smarter people make more money, allowing their kids to go to a private school – and yet it is the genes and not the schooling that makes their scores “higher.” I really cringe when a think tank, even one with a transparently open agenda or political leaning, puts out overly simplistic or fallacious evidence like this. There are a thousand better ways to give arguments in favor of a free market, or of a voucher system. But please don’t show a chart like you do at the beginning and say that the answer is obvious.
on March 16, 2011 at 2:45 pm School Choice in Pennsylvania Is a Bigger Threat to the Left than the Loss of Union Power in Wisconsin « The Market Center Blog

[…] more important, school choice would give poor kids a much better education, thus increasing their ability to achieve the American […]
on March 14, 2011 at 9:16 am School Choice in Pennsylvania Is a Bigger Threat to the Left than the Loss of Union Power in Wisconsin « International Liberty

[…] more important, school choice would give poor kids a much better education, thus increasing their ability to achieve the American […]
on January 3, 2011 at 12:12 am If I Got to Write New Year’s Resolutions for the GOP… « The Market Center Blog

[…] time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-planning subsidies and controls for […]
on January 2, 2011 at 9:36 am » If I Got to Write New Year’s Resolutions for the GOP (To Keep It Simple, realistic, and achievable…) at Keep It Simple "On The Web"

[…] time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-panning subsidies and controls for […]
on January 2, 2011 at 9:31 am If I Got to Write New Year’s Resolutions for the GOP… | Conservatives for America

[…] time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-panning subsidies and controls for […]
on January 1, 2011 at 11:32 am If I Got to Write New Year’s Resolutions for the GOP… « International Liberty

[…] time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-panning subsidies and controls for […]

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