Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

388 If this trend continues it could have far-reaching consequences, demographers say. When more and more of the world’s most highly industrialized and economically produc tive nations do not replenish their numbers, their role as engines of global growth—both as producers and consumers of goods—is thrown into doubt. “These developed countries have a particularly important role because they provide a great deal of the economic leadership and social leadership,” said Joseph Chamie, director of the United Nations population division, which organized the conference this week. “There are basically the producer nations, the consumer nations and the donor nations,” he said. “China today is exporting to whom? Basically to the United States and Europe, and that’s helping the Chinese economy. Europe alone consumes a great deal and produces a great deal. If they start shrinking there will be a readjustment, and it will be global in its impact. It will affect the entire world economy.” Unlike dips in population growth throughout history, this slide—which began in the 1960’s—was not caused by a natural or economic disaster, a war or plagues. There is no Black Death to blame, no World War I, no Great Depression. This decline is widespread. It is steady. And while no demographer would say that predictions are infallible—prognostica tors have surely been wrong. [Ed. Note: While Crossett tells the reader what didn’t cause the slide in population growth, she neglects to point out that Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, was largely reponsible for the slide in the USA. For an understanding of the results of population planning in the early 1970s, please refer to the April 6, 1971 entry on the “Revised Report of Population Subcom mittee” in Lansing, Michigan.] F ORMER V ICE P RESIDENT D AN Q UAYLE JUMPED ON THE PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BAND wagon, extending it to include the government and churches “dancing together” to help the less for tunate in our society, as reported in the November 13, 1997 issue of The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier Journal . The following are some excerpts from “Quayle Backs Church-Government Partnerships”: Sounding like a preacher and a politician, former Vice President Dan Quayle told about 5,000 people in Louisville last night that the government should use churches and other “faith-based institutions” to administer help to the poor, the homeless, the abused and the neglected.... He said everyone supports the concept of church-state separation, but “The Constitution protects religion from government. It’s not the other way around.”... He told them that inner-city churches must become partners with the government to fight crime, deliver nutrition and restore family values, said Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Bill Stone, who arranged the meeting and attended it with Quayle. [Ed. Note: Mr. Quayle, have you been living under a rock ever since 1965 when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act passed and all the government’s values-destroying education programs and methods became a part of our local schools’ curriculum? Mr. Quayle, did you understand the intrusive, far-reaching effects of America 2000 developed by the administration for which you served as Vice President?]