Lan Barnes wrote:
On Sun, March 16, 2008 8:47 am, John Oliver wrote:
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 07:41:57AM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote:
Actually, in this age of "privatization" and tax cuts for everybody
(except, somehow, not us), the public schools practically have begging
cups out. Fees for "extra" classes, parent volunteers to teach
languages,
"socials," auctions, recycling drives, penny jars, participating
merchants
(whatever the hell that is) ... everything but "pay your property taxes
and good schools will be there for the kids." Now we just pay the taxes.
And this illustrates the basic problem with our philosophy of, "Throw
more and more and more money at schools!" That money *will* get spent,
but that doesn't mean a dime will ever get to the classroom.
First, look at how we fund schools... with a tax that guarantees that
nobody can ever actually own property. We are merely allowed to rent it
from the government for a while. If you don't believe me, stop paying
your rent and see how long you get to keep "your" property. Any system
built upon such a fundamentally morally and intellectually bankrupt
concept can never be a healthy, functional system.
California spends more on education than every other state in the Union
and probably 90% of the rest of the world put together. There is no way
that more money is somehow going to magically fix our problems. Until
we have a way to cut through the unions, the special interests, the
ivory-tower academicians, and the certifiable crazy left-wing
politicians who have created and keep maintaining the current mess; we
are *never* going to see change, only more of the same... "Send us more
money! And more! AND MORE!!!"
Boy have you been brainwashed.
Conservative sylogism.
1. Government doesn't work!
2. Put us in charge.
2a. <the suckers do put them in charge>
3. Destroy responsible agnecies and bleed the treasury dry with tax cuts
for the wealthy.
4. Hey, governmnet suddenly doesn't work.
5. QED: We were right!
Neither "Conservative" or "Liberal" camps are the answer. They are both
two sides of the same rotten coin. They both want us to support their
huge, wealthy, greedy corporation called "Government" instead of them
supporting us (and by them supporting us I don't mean stupid
institutions like welfare).
I can't remember who it was on the Daily Show or Colbert Report that had
some semblance of the right idea. He said allow parents to have
vouchers. The parents give the voucher to the school they feel best
educates their kids. These vouchers are tax money used to fund the
school. This takes the monetary power away from the governemtnt and puts
it where it belongs - in the hands of the parents.
The whole problem is that government - State and especially Federal -
has complete control over the public schools. They waste tons of money,
and parents have little power to do anything about it (We actually have
lots of power, but parents in general are to dumb to use it.)
Paul G. "Parent that fights with the schools constantly" Allen
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