Unfortunately, that simple idea – like so many other valid ones – has been hijacked. In this case it has been done by people who want to brainwash vulnerable & naive children because they are otherwise unable to sell their ideas to the general public. But that doesn’t make the foundational premise of public education wrong – only the direction that it has been manipulated to take.

While our country’s founding fathers did not originally put this in the Constitution, I have little doubt that had they the gift of being able to look forward in time, they would have agreed with the wisdom of it. Along with the necessity of a standing army in this age of modern warfare & terrorism. Do you realize how long it would take to gather up sufficient troops & train them properly otherwise? It would be impossible to mount an effective military defense otherwise – Russia or China would have bombed us into submission or oblivion long before we could do so.

(And if we were to argue that these things are wrong on the basis of how they have been manipulated & corrupted by opportunists, then we would have to join the ranks of those who are convinced that Vatican II was a mistake and should never have happened because of how it has been used & abused. Reminds me too much of the warm, fuzzy Jesus catechists who had problems with too much “rigid doctrinalism” so they responded by throwing it out completely)

Another resource.

Just think of all the lies, that are now clearly known, used to invade Iran. Or how about the Anthrax hoax.

But yes the appropriate size of our government would shock most people. We really do not need the Government for 90% of the supposed services they provide. They have no business being in Education, Health Care, Retirement etc.

Bureaucracy is increased sucking up tax dollars and providing “services” that are a joke if they provide any at all. Just think of all the money in permits we shell out.

Downsizedc.org is a good resource if interested. They advocate that only Congress can pass laws not bureaucrats.
John Birch Society is also another good resource. And no they are not the evil racists the media has portrayed them to be in the past.
Lew Rockwell and Mises.org finish off the list for me.

Hope this is helpful.