Here's a thought. It's a long shot, but a thought none the less. We all know about the parents who have kids simply to get higher benefit payouts from the government. And this is going to sound absolutely nuts, but what if those benefit payments were tied to their children's test grades? What if we could empower all those people sitting at home collecting their checks, to home school their children.

The government pays out the same rate for the parents of those students who don't make the cut, but those that excel and do well, their families get higher payments. On the surface, I know this means higher social program payouts, but after a single generation, we'll actually have a crop of students that can do well and get good jobs getting them off the welfare rolls. And think about, no liberal in their right mind would argue against this, it hits all their major points. No one is getting kicked off the rolls, you're empowering them to get to off.

There would DEFINITELY be abuses in the system, but if we can educate even 20% of the current students whose family are on the welfare rolls, can you think of the cost savings and increases in quality for these kids and their generations down the line? The use of welfare is a generational thing. If we can pull a few families off of it now, we'll see huge gains down the line.