Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Thats quite a stretch. How is it it took them almost 200 years to do so?
Not a stretch at all - what do you think Promote the general Welfare means?

It does not mean promote a welfare state where the governments gives hand outs to the un-fortunate. It means something else. Then all one has to do is look at the clauses in the constitution.

And by the way it did not take almost 200 years. Public Schools have been in existance for a while. Most paid for by the state tax system - with some involvement from the Federal Government.

It seems my Grandmother went to a public school in the 1920's, and even my Great-Grandmother from the stories I have been told.