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JUN

24

Bridgewater endorses Lee

Former candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from Utah released the following statement today:
“I wish to formally congratulate Mike Lee on his victory in the Republican primary election, and I offer my endorsement of his candidacy to replace Senator Bob Bennett.  I also want to encourage all of my supporters to help him in the general [...]

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JUN

20

Insanity #24 – Tax-payer funded parties

Political parties, that is. Since 1976, taxpayers have subsidized a portion of the cost of political conventions, with the money derived from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. In 2008, the Republican and Democrat conventions received a total of $33.6 million for grants to hold their political conventions (this is in addition to appropriations they received [...]

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JUN

19

Insanity #23 – IRS agents and Obamacare

According to the Congressional Budget Office, over the next ten years the IRS will require between $5 billion and $10 billion in funding to implement Obamacare.
Scores of new federal mandates and fifteen different tax increases totaling $400 billion are imposed under this bill. In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses [...]

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Education

  1. Return greater authority to state and local policymakers to promote effective state-level reforms to improve education.

    2. For decades, Washington has failed to promote effective education reform at the state level despite increasing federal spending and regulation of public education.  Major initiatives like No Child Left Behind have created unintended consequences at the state level. Federal programs should be eliminated or at least amended to give state and local policymakers greater authority to decide how federal dollars are used to improve education while maintaining accountability for results.

  2. Reform federal education programs to let states give parents greater freedom to choose a safe and effective school for their children.

    3. Major federal programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act should be reformed to enable state and local policymakers to allow families to have more power to choose the best school and to let federal dollars follow students to their school of choice. Where the federal government has authority over public education, like in the District of Columbia, home of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, families should be given greater freedom to choose the best school for their children.

  3. Stop wasting federal tax dollars on ineffective programs and let resources be used more effectively to improve education.

    4. Too many federal tax dollars are being wasted on ineffective, duplicative, or unnecessary programs. Federal education programs should be turned over to the states in order to streamline and reform the system and ensure that tax dollars are used in a manner that can actually benefit students instead of being wasted in Washington.

  4. Reform federal higher education and early education programs to provide better opportunities for students without increasing the deficit.

    5. Federal policymakers should resist efforts to expand federal programs supporting higher education and preschool or early childhood education programs. Federal spending on higher education has skyrocketed over the past decade, and students and their families continue to struggle with runaway college costs. Dozens of federal programs costing more than $20 billion annually on early childhood education and care have not delivered lasting results for benefiting children. Instead of expanding these or creating new programs, federal programs for higher education and preschool should be reformed to improve their efficiency and impact.

  5. Enact education reforms that give families greater school choice options.

    6. Including home school and private school choice programs like tuition scholarships, education tax credits, and public school choice programs like charter schools and virtual or online learning.