"But the knee-jerk "no more taxes" attitude expressed so often irks me."
We need gobs and piles more knee-jerk "no more taxes", "no more spending / borrowing / stealing", "no more trough-gobbling", "no more gubment-bloating", "no more liberty-extinguishing" attitudes exactly like that.
Schools should be about RRR and no more. Not babysitter, social worker, welfare office, old-folks entertainment club, porno store, etc.