[extropy-chat] smaller govt.

[J. Andrew Rogers]

John K Clark wrote:
> so don't be so anxious to dump the Defense department
> just yet, there is a huge amount of government junk
> and gunk and nonsense that deserves oblivion before
> defense.


Government education spending dwarfs defense spending, for a good start,
and has never generated good results nor was wanted by the populace when
originally implemented -- the history of it is far different than people
imagine.  And public education did not become universal until *after*
the first World War.  There are still people alive today that did not
grow up with public education.

It makes one wonder how such remarkable literacy rates were maintained
throughout most of the country's history sans government schools.


cheers,

j. andrew rogers