Closing Government Schools

Written by Joe Sanger | 04 October 2011

Letter to the Lansing State Journal Editor:

CLOSING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Dear Editor:

In alleging  (LSJ  2-13-10)  that closing government schools will result in “more shuttered and closed buildings”,  Mr. Hoholik sounds like the victim of a  government school “education”.  Clearly,  with the same number of students, private schools will likely need the same number of classrooms. 

As to cost, anyone with 2 hours education in Economic Literacy (not taught in the government schools) knows that activities taken on in a free economy cost less than the same activities undertaken by government.  In the productive sector, success comes from providing a better quality product at a lower cost.  Government decisions, on the other hand, are generally based on how the most politicians can win their next election by pandering to whichever greedy special interest groups  they believe  will provide the most money for their next  campaign -- (or the most lucrative job after they “retire” or are “retired” from elective office).

In these hard times, Michigan can get an edge by being the first state to  replace overpriced government school  “indoctrination” with lower cost higher quality private school  “education”.

Yours truly,

Joe Sanger