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Now of course conservatives (and, one hopes, the vast majority of everyone else) also believe that there are negative rights in education: there are some things the state simply cannot do to families and children in the name of education, for example make private education or homeschooling illegal or, more controversially and for some conservatives, replacing parents in their role of teaching children about sexuality.
FORBES: Things That Make One Side Freak Out
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Take U.S. foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa in 2002, counting only projects that could build a future for the poor (infrastructure and education, for example), and you get all of 6 cents per capita.
FORBES: Wealth and Poverty
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Millions of youngsters are "lost" in other ways - through a lack of education, for example.
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