We are discovering that the operation of our railroads. our airports. our highways. the education of our children all inevitably will affect the quality of life of our own families. For two centuries our Federal Government was central to providing the private economy with certain elements that were needed for competitiveness. From inexpensive labor. through our immigration policy. to access to raw materials. competitive taxes. copyright laws. sometimes even direct subsidies. we understood an appropriate role for the U.S. Government in ensuring economic success. As we now face this debate again in our own time. reaching our own conclusion about the role. size and scale of the Federal Government. perhaps at least this one thing should be recognized as different. As certainly as those before us recognize immigration policy. raw materials. these other elements as central to economic success. education and knowledge is now the fodder of the private economy in our own time. Therefore. as certainly as local governments. as neighborhood- at one time confronted the need for quality schools. high standards and a quality education. now the Nation itself is confronted with this question. becaue it is no longer good enough to kno. that education meets standards in ot neighborhoods or our towns or even ot States. Our States collectively in ot Federal system will meet success c failure in whether or not people v dont even know in communities A have never visited in States we hardl know meet those same standards at are competitive.
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