Free A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties by Ben Carson MD, Candy Carson Page B

grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.”
    Proverbs 13:22
    B y the time the Constitution was penned, the colonists had already gained their independence from England. Our founders were determined never to relinquish that freedom to another outside power, and they took steps to make sure their children would also defend liberty. They feared that in the future some group would decide that it had a better idea of how the country should be run and would try to impose its ideas on everyone else by inappropriate legislation or force. The Constitution was written in such a way as to make this power grab almost impossible. As long as we follow its guidelines, it will be difficult for any force, external or internal, to successfully remove American liberties.
    Today the forces threatening our children are much sneakier than direct attempts to usurp power. We may not be facing a king threatening to take our liberty, but the danger is still real. Our children’s freedom today is threatenedby debt, ignorance, and abortion. To maintain the spirit of the Constitution, we must address these dangers before it is too late.

EDUCATION—THE GUARDIAN OF LIBERTY
    Just as it is our responsibility not to pass debt on to our children, it
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our responsibility to pass knowledge on to them. Freedom cannot last long without education, because an uneducated populace is likely to be duped by tyrants. An educated populace cannot be easily manipulated and is the foundation of a strong society. Providing for the education of our children is a key part of ensuring that the blessings of liberty will still exist when our grandchildren are adults.
    Many in our society have worked hard to try to provide a good education for the masses, but sometimes they are reluctant to actually examine the data when formulating educational policies. For example, studies show that homeschoolers often reach extremely high achievement levels, followed by those educated in private schools, charter schools, and, last, public schools. Yet education officials still tend to push public school as if it were the only right option. To me the logical position seems to be to advocate for school choice. Parents know what is best for their children, and we see hundreds of parents lining up to try to get their children into charter schools. They have seen the results and want their children to benefit. Our entire society should share this goal, because each well-educated pupil benefits our society. If parents believe and studies show that charter schools are helping our children, we should drop the politicking and increase the number of charter schools.
    We also should make sure that public education provides balanced information to our children. The Department of Education was originally created to ensure that we had an educated and informed populace capable of selecting appropriaterepresentatives to manage the country. The Department of Education would serve a useful purpose if it actually attempted to ensure the best possible education for everyone, paying special attention to those mired in poverty, because education provides the best ladder of escape. Instead, in recent decades this department has been invaded by bureaucrats who have seen fit to vastly expand its mission. This expansion has resulted in a change in the subject matter being taught, to the point of indoctrination against our own founding fathers’ principles. It is important that our leaders take seriously the necessity to improve the Department of Education—if it hinders the education of our children for many more years, it will destroy the foundations of our freedom.

ABORTION—THE LITERAL ENEMY OF OUR CHILDREN
    Financial stability and education will do our children no good if they are not alive to experience them. Our founders were committed to a belief in the importance of life and liberty, and we must fight to see those rights extended to our children still in the womb.
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