The same way a company handles recession...cut backs, the same way the public school handle drops in revenue due to declines in economy. I for one am willing to help out covering the cost of education. I don't mind paying for good education. That's why my son will go to private school. What I do mind is seeing my tax dollars get wasted and schools that turn out students who get passing grades on history exams with a ridiculously low percentage. I could guess and the just by probability I would pass.
-----Original Message----- From: William H. Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:03 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: My thoughts on Education Wanted to check some facts so I went to www.ed.gov. Fiscal year 2003's Federal Education budget is $55.8 billion, 2.7% of the total Federal budget. ( Source: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/fedrole.html ) Total budget is ~$732 billion So the other ~90% comes from the states, correct? Alrighty, here goes...where do the vouchers come from? The federal budget is obviously not the place, since only 2.7 cents on the dollar is being spent on education, so even given that there would be more people paying into the (voucher) system than are withdrawing from it, the pool is limited (think Social Security). In fact, I got a big tax refund last year, would that mean that I was disqualified from recieving vouchers for my two kids (alright a leap, but still...), I would be able to use the refund to pay for school, right? Do we then leave it to the states? Washington state (where I live) is currently experiencing a budget crisis, one of the first things to go has been (much needed) salary increases for educators (across the board), and a cut in education services funding. How does a business (the privatized schools) that would be heavily subsidized (the vouchers) survive a budget crisis (or crises)? will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's Energy Management & Markets Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ > The wonderful world of vouchers. I get the same amount of tax dollars > that is spent on my son to go to public school. Of course this > transition takes time and you have to do it right. Otherwise the public > schools, as they faze out will be a wreck. So at the same time I think > additional funds would be needed to help them. > > > Personally I am not a big fan of public education. My son will attend > > private schools, unless there is a fundamental change. I think > schools > > should be privatized. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
