Read more about the gift-giving instinct and its role in the Open Source movement. Listen to an excellent discussion of charity on Talk of the Nation Anyone who doubts the charity instinct should check out this sampling of charity organizations, which does not even include individual charities. Immigrant children should be required to learn in English. While one may have one's personal opinion about which instructional method is better, it really is a matter for individual schools and individual parents to decide. There is no reason why both solutions cannot coexist, in infinite variations, with the market finally deciding.
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A voucher system would free poor students to attend alternative schools, which would become as responsive as any other service industry. See how the hypocrites in Congress send their kids to private schools. Jefferson Contributing money to a political candidate constitutes freedom of speech , and so cannot be limited under the Constitution. While the idea is at first glance appealing, campaign finance limits in fact reduce access to underdog challengers and traditionally unempowered groups, favoring the incumbent and the establishment, with their inherently far greater access to the media. Open Secrets monitors who is giving how much to which candidates, and makes the numbers freely available to the public.