One of the very best examples of the inordinate power of special interests usurping the rights of citizens is the public school teachers unions. Without their power over local elections, the monopoly system of primary and secondary education could at last be broken, and parents restored the right to choose the schools most fit to teach their children.
Imagine this: town council, organized as a canton forum [ https://cantonnation.com/what-is-a-canton/ ], would do away with the local school board. Each school would be turned into an independent non-profit, run by educators. The schools could band together in ways that worked for them (to handle administrative and maintenance matters), or could join themselves to existing educational for-profit corporations with a record of success. The parents would choose the school for each child (or at least apply for admittance). Funding would come primarily from tuition, but in addition by whatever means their creativity came up with. Teacher salaries and benefits would be based on market forces, not political ones.
As a reward for reading thru to the end, I leave you with wonderful quotes from John Taylor Gatto, a hero for true and free education (rather than mere schooling). https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/41319.John_Taylor_Gatto
The purpose of government is to allow people to cooperate in accomplishing deeds that the majority find necessary.
Federations are a manifestation of the natural law principle of subsidiarity. The Dolphin canton takes this principle very seriously. What that means practically is that, whenever any national government program is being reviewed, the first question asked will be: can this be better handled at a lower level of government (such as the state, county, municipality, or perhaps outside of government altogether)? If the question is answered in the affirmative, the canton will not be supporting the program at the national level, though it may support whatever assistance may be needed to transfer the program to whatever level may be judged more appropriate. Isn't this making things worse for the taxpayer? Probably not. National programs such as Medicare are so rife with corruption that pushing the program down to a lower level will probably result in better oversight. In addition, this provides the possibility of innovation, which a single top-heavy national program will squelch. Economies of ...
One of the top stories in the news today is about the US Supreme Court hearing arguments of an abortion case that may result in a reversal of Roe v Wade. As the interim champion of the Dolphin canton [1], I would not support government giving money to Planned Parenthood. It should be clear that opposition to abortion will never go away, which means that Roe v Wade, like Plessy v Ferguson (1886), went beyond where the people really stand on the issues. Plessy v Ferguson allowed segregated schools in some instances. This was reversed by Brown v Board of Education (1954).
There are two things in my mind that make it impossible to accept the right of abortion. First, it is clear from biology that the very first cell produced by the joining of the sperm and egg cells (the zygote) has a genetic signature different from both parents. This continues to be true throughout the period where it is called an embryo until the birth of a new human being. Therefore, the fetus is not part of the woman, but ...
