As with health care, Obama is centralizing education

Published July 22, 2012 4:00am ET



In his insightful analysis of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision, former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin concluded that Americans “did not want a costly government intrusion that threatened private coverage and promised a legacy of debt to the next generation.” Such expensive federal invasions, however, are the Obama administration’s modus operandi. As Holtz-Eakin has also pointed out, the president has strengthened Washington’s grip on education as well.

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