Rep. Paul Mosley just became a hero to kids everywhere.

The Lake Havasu City Republican wants to repeal the law requiring them to go to school.

No really, he does.

“Education used to be a privilege,” he told Hank Stephenson of the Arizona Capitol Times. “People used to believe getting an education was something you had to be privileged to get, that you had to work hard to get. Now we basically force it down everybody’s throats.”

Forcing education just isn't fair?

Oh the horror of trying to create an educated citizenry. Of forcing kids to actually learn something in the hope that they grow up and become able to earn a living, contribute to society and maybe even pay a few taxes.

Mosley — like most kids — thinks that is so unfair (though for different reasons).

“The number one thing I would like to repeal is the law on compulsory education …,” he told Stephenson. “I believe education is still a privilege, and the kids who don’t want to be there are a larger distraction to the kids who do want to be there.

"We’re telling kids they have to go to school, and we put fences around the schools to protect them now, and we give them a meal or two and sometimes send a backpack of food home with them. So now schools are not only tasked with educating our children, but also feeding our children. What happened to the personal responsibility of a parent to feed and educate their kids?”

Much better, I suppose, to let them stay home, ignorant and hungry and so not our problem.

Until someday, when they are ...

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