In the rush to become all things to all people the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future.

If a man neglects education he walks lame to the end of his life.