Sen. Robert "Sheets" Byrd claims that children can't get any smarter without getting a big box of taxpayer money. He claims that to meet the requirements set by the No Child Left Behind Act, states will need Billions more federal taxpayer dollars than they are getting now. He hasn't gone on record yet, but I'm betting that only taxpayer dollars from "the rich" will work.

It's pretty interesting that government lawmakers can set requirements for home-schoolers and private schools to meet, without doling out any money. For some reason, however, whenever the government schools are held accountable for what student's are learning, it cannot be done without huge government grants.