http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/01/should-a-mayor-be-in-control-of-the-schools/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/01/should-a-mayor-be-in-control-of-the-schools/#comment-24059 TerryP Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:05:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/01/should-a-mayor-be-in-control-of-the-schools/#comment-24059 Most all monopolies or dictatorships actually help right at the beginning. If they didn’t they would have never came into being in the first place. The problem is given a little time they always end up hurting more than they helped in the beginning. As the saying goes “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”.

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/01/should-a-mayor-be-in-control-of-the-schools/#comment-24046 Ryan Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:51:32 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/01/should-a-mayor-be-in-control-of-the-schools/#comment-24046 I wouldn’t be in favor of it. To me, there is no such thing as a benevolent dictator. Look at government as it is now: completely corrupt and too powerful, and that’s when power is stretched over three branches with a legislature of over 500 people. If power can corrupt a government as large and spread out as ours, I cannot imagine a system where one single person could not become corrupt and abuse the system. At least with our system of democracy we have our (supposed) system of checks and balances and the ability to get politicians out of office.

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