Welcome Back Danny!

My friend Danny has rejoined following my blog, to this I say, "Welcome Back." Those of you that have been following this blog over the last couple of months, know that Danny and I are the opposite on most issues. That is what I enjoy the most. Danny has a great sense of humor, but he is passionate about our country. We like the debate most of all. Even if we are close on issues, we will find the difference so we can debate. He has made several posts and most of them I disagree with to some extent. One of the main areas of contention, is the idea that the Federal Government cannot operate a program efficiently. We are the Federal Govt. and if the system is broken, then we must look at ourselves and solve the problem to make it run properly. We are the blame, not some vast, unknown entity, called government. He makes the point that we could operate schools better with vouchers. What would that cost all of us. Just because the vouchers allows us to pick our school, what about transporting children from one part of the city to another? Who will oversee the day to day operation. Who will evaluate, the teachers, administration and the students. Yes, I agree that parents have to be more involved, but if they fail, the students fail and if the students fail the country fails. The domino effect would be devastating to our corporations and economy. We are failing now because of so little parental involvement. I do not want to punish our children and destroy their futures because of it. The federal govt. provides direction and funds, the state and local govts provide the education. The parents and voters elect the local and state govts and should be providing input and direction. Is this a failure of government or the failure of us. You decide!