Hardest of all, as a society, we must all take responsibility for our own actions, and for the actions of others. We must all learn how to be responsible parents, responsible children, responsible adults, and responsible citizens of our communities. We must all learn how to live without abusing our children, our spouses, our neighbors, and our communities. We must live our individual lives better, in order to create a better society. If we assume responsibility, we can defeat all our problems, and build a society where trust, faith, and hope are the words we live by.
Vouchers are an interesting idea.
The idea of putting individual choice into the process is seductive, as is the idea of increasing the number of choices available to parents. However, there are things that our school systems do that go beyond academic achievement, and we need to make sure that any changes that are introduced preserve the broader social purposes of public education. Protection of our environment is a crucial element in maintaining the stability of our society. In Florida, the citizens have chosen to protect the environment and regulate industry and development in practical ways that are not onerous. In one of my earliest cases as a junior prosecutor, I tried a 'doctor' who killed a woman in a botched abortion.