[Ask the Gulch] Shouldn't we start a campaign to abolish public education before it is too late? Look at all this indoctrination.--I think it would have to be started on a state-by-state basis in order to succeed. - Galt's Gulch

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[Ask the Gulch] Shouldn't we start a campaign to abolish public education before it is too late? Look at all this indoctrination.--I think it would have to be started on a state-by-state basis in order to succeed.

Posted by LibertyBelle 3 years, 4 months ago to Ask the Gulch

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Posted by LibertyBelle 3 years, 4 months ago

I understand from the news that some parents who did home schooling during the pandemic want to continue it; also that some parents who saw (over the Internet) what their children were being taught in school have become disillusioned with the schools. This could be a
handle which we could take advantage of, (though it is not the whole argument, of course).

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Posted by 25n56il4 3 years, 4 months ago

The teachers Union will click in double time. What a great hoorah this would cause.

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  Posted by 25n56il4 3 years, 4 months ago
  
  What would work is if we refused to pay our school taxes until they kick the Union out and quit brain washing our kids. I'll bet you could get a referendum on abolishing school taxes. That would be a popular vote. Anyway Texas is a right to work state so the Unions better tread lightly.
  
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    Posted by LibertyBelle 3 years, 4 months ago
    
    I believe that the taxes for schools are taken from the income taxes and not sent it separately, so just refusing to "pay our school taxes" is not a tactic that would work. (I'm glad that Texas is a right-to-work state; so is Virginia, so far, but some people are trying to mess that up.) But you couldn't just abolish school taxes without abolishing public education outright.--Still, things are changing; people are getting disillusioned with it; some are actually getting fed up, I believe; so with the right campaign, it could eventually succeed. Why not? It took over 40 years, but the 19th Amendment was passed.
    
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    Posted by LibertyBelle 3 years, 4 months ago
    
    Yes, it would cause a hoorah. But the Teachers' Union might find it wasn't getting all that much support from the populace. People are not as willing to bow down and kowtow whenever somebody mentions "Education!" as they used to be.
    
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