https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/why_state_schools_should_refuse_federal_money.html
Why State Schools Should Refuse Federal Money
By Sheri Few
*** begin quote ***
The key to eliminating federal intervention in government schools is to eliminate federal funding.
The time is right for states to wean themselves off the federal dole. Serious conversations are taking place throughout the country about the legitimate and effective role of the federal government in education. But who has a viable plan to dismantle the behemoth?
The “Blueprint to Establish State Control of Education by Eliminating all Federal Education Dollars,” written by United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) outlines the necessary steps to restore state sovereignty for education policy and practice — and it’s achievable.
The Blueprint explains detailed steps to help governors and state legislators develop and execute a concrete plan, and even provides clear evidence as to how educational outcomes can improve.
States can eliminate federal funding in four steps:
1. Analyze education funds by source: federal, state, and local.
2. Conduct a Cost of Compliance Study for federal funds.
3. Identify state programs to replace USED programs.
4. Shift education revenue responsibilities entirely back to the state.
*** and ***
One approach to generate required revenue could be to establish a state tax called “offset to federal funds” calculated to collect the amount needed. Since most of the federal tax is collected from income taxes, a replacement tax using the same model might be most easily understood by the public.
To keep from sending the federal government the money they previously took and gave back, taxpayers would need a mechanism to deduct this offset from their individual federal taxes. Since the state and local tax deductions were eliminated in the last major tax bill, a special arrangement would have to be made. However, there is benefit to the federal government in this arrangement as the savings from program improvements would be shared with them, since only the replacement funding is deducted.
*** end quote ***
Like the mouse that doesn’t understand “free cheese”, so to “We, The Sheeple” need to just say “no” to “Federal funds”.
First off, there are NO “Federal funds” — EVERYTHING comes from the Taxpayer in one way or another.
(The idea of sending money to the Federal Gooferment and getting pennies on the dollars back tied to conditions NEVER made any sense to me. Eliminate all the layers and cost associated with it.)
Second, the results of Gooferment Skrules is absurd.
Argh!
Stop it.
—30—
Reinke Faces Life 