I know I've been picking on Rick Santorum lately, but he's the latest G.O.P. candidate du jour and not a day goes by that he doesn't say something stupid, even by Republican standards. Rick's most recent rant, suggesting that public education should be eliminated, is the perfect example. If Santorum had his way, all children would be home-schooled; by whom I have no idea, because in a Republican economy a majority of two-parent households can't afford the luxury of one parent staying home to conduct educational classes. Kids living in single-parent households…well, they'd basically get screwed.
Santorum forgets that not everybody gets the congressional 'free health insurance for life' benefit or has access to corporate donors willing to drop $50,000 a pop for a 45-minute inspirational speech on the joys of fathering a brood of seven. I'm not questioning Santorum's virility, just his haughtiness.
Somebody from the business world ought to take Rick aside and clue him in on the necessity of having an educated workforce. I was tempted to add "citizenry" to that list, but the fact that Santorum is the front-runner among Republicans, the supposed brains in American, means that there's little hope of that happening.
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