Building A Socialist Government 1 Brick at a Time

We Don't Need No (Government) Education
While most of Washington is concentrating on health care, the President and the Democrats in Washington hope to inflict some major "change" on the nation's education system. Today in the House of Representatives, H.R. 3221, the "Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009," is expected to be voted on. The bill accomplishes one of President Obama's campaign promises to eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and trade it in for a completely government-run lending plan, ultimately turning the Department of Education into a lending institution that controls all college lending programs.
Just as the Democrats are trying to overhaul the American health care system instead of addressing specific flaws, they are doing the same with student lending. This is a typical response whenever education policy is debated; liberals automatically assume the answer to the problem is more federal tax dollars and federal involvement. The comparisons to the health care debate are many. When the direct loan component was added to FFEL by President Clinton and a Democratic Congress it was described as a "government option" to "promote competition." Here we are now with a new Democratic President and the Democrats back in control and one of the first things they do on education is eliminate the private sector's role in the program.

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I have several concerns with this takeover. 1 of the biggest is how the government can use this as another way to force authenticly Catholic Colleges into supporting abortion, homosexual behavior, & other things that would counter their Catholic mission. Just look at what has been happenning with the EEOC & Belmont Abbey for a preview of what lies ahead: EEOC Violates Religious Liberty By Forcing Catholic College to Provide Insurance for Contraceptives