mr.72 wrote:Of course it is a right. The freedom to acquire an education is a civil right.
Of course, I assume by the framing of the question, what you really mean to ask is not whether "education" is a "right", but whether "the cost of education" is an "entitlement" for which all taxpayers shall rightfully be burdened through the force of law and threat of imprisonment.
If indeed this is the question you intended to ask, regardless of the misleading terminology of "a right to education", then the answer is that historically, the cost of education has been an entitlement provided by the taxpayer in America and this policy has not been challenged by voters en masse.
And FWIW, the 10th Amendment provides a means by which the people, or the states, may choose to burden themselves with the social welfare of providing a free education. This same 10th Amendment also prohibits the Federal government from enforcing this entitlement, and all other entitlements not enumerated in the Constitution, including health health insurance and about 95% of what the Federal Government does at present.
And the whole problem with many young people and the welfare types is an 'entitlement mentality'. The entitlement thing is a real issue as I feel you are not entitled to anything, you must earn what you want. That said, you are not entitled to an education, you must work hard and study to earn a good one. That is what is wrong with the education system today and flows into many other aspects of life.
However, I have been trying to convince 'she who must be obeyed' that I am entitled to a new EMP, but she hasn't figured I have earned it yet. I saw a statement yesterday that said 'Every successful marriage contains one coward'. Think that sums it up, and you can guess which one I am.
