On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote:
> Ah yes, the spoiled brat theory. The best time to kick someone is when > they are down. They'll never learn until their constituents are > starving in the street. Well, actually, they already are and the > politicians aren't learning. So lets try kicking them harder, trash > the education system further, increase childhood hunger rates and see > what happens. I know that you don't actually believe that trashing the > education system is a good idea, that you don't want childhood hunger > rates to increase, etc. You want fiscal discipline and accountability > from politicians, which is admirable. I want that too. But right now > I'm a lot more concerned about having teachers in our schools, cops on > the streets and children being fed. I will need to look it up, but I recall reading an article (or maybe saw a news show) where it showed that other countries (and if I remember correctly, a LOT of other countries) spend less per student than than the US, yet they were kicking our ass when it comes to actually educating students. There is a problem with our education system,but I am not sure that blindly throwing gobs of money at it is the best solution. That being said, I think I would rather we took the money form stealth bombers rather than food stamps - for anything, not just education. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
