Just... Wow!

If I'm reading this correctly, Louisiana spends $19,991,809 (yeah, that's almost $20 million) on early childhood education.  Granted, the Feds kick in a bit over $15 million, but that is still a lot of tax money to spend on child education before the child even gets to the public school system.  We're talking day-care and Head Start here folks.  And, this is just Louisiana.  There is no telling how much tax money this is costing us across the board.

Nobody helped me raise my kids, and I can remember having such discussions while my kids were small.  Dad (that's me) worked two jobs and Mom stayed at home until the kids were old enough for school.  There is a lot to be said for that system of child-rearing.

Of course, most of this is for low-income folks who don't pay taxes at all.  It may be a generational problem, but the Brookings Institute says that there are three things that we can do to eradicate poverty.  They are:

at least finish high school, get a full-time job and wait until age 21 to get married and have children.

See how simple that was?   I suggest we get started on that right now.