GOVERNMENT

The word “education” is not mentioned in the constitution of the United States of America. The Tenth Amendment states “the powers not delegated to the United States of America nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” How can the Federal Government give billions to education? Will some one please explain this for me? More about this in a later note

To get closer to home I was reflecting one day about ole Beouf River and the mess the Corps of Engineers has made of it. Soon after the First World War the government told the people that if they could Dredge it out and straighten it up a bit the flood water would get off the land quicker and they could plant their crops quicker and get a better growing season. The old folks told the young farmers that was wrong. The water would still come down the Ouachita River Floodway back out like it always had because there was no outlet below. The old farmers also liked that topsoil left when the water went down leaving a good layer of fertilized soil. The old farmers were right, a great fishing river as well as big creek were turned into a couple of bio ditched that good for really nothing.