Tim Bonham writes, "If so, you better be prepared for a massive increase in the school taxes that you 'breeders' pay, since now more than half the money comes from taxpayers without any children in schools."
Tim, the term "Breeder" is very derogatory. It is not very different from the ones that were once used on gay people. Some people are flaming heterosexual and darn proud of it, but "breeder" is about as insulting a word as I can think of. As for paying for education, many of us who pay for the education system (and do not have children in it) are also very, very, very dissatisfied with what our dollars buy. We pay a huge amount of dollars for a substandard product. Some of us would not mind if it was a quality product was provided, even if "our" personal children do not benefit from it. However, we deeply resent paying for bad education policies and poor attempts at social engineering by over educated amateurs. Some, like Mr. Jangula, may have simply chosen better educations for their children, but others may simply have not wanted to subject their children to several hours of busing each day to get them to a substandard education by a system that does not allow children to attend the schools in their own neighborhoods and seems to believe the purpose of education is to support employment opportunities rather than the education of children . Or it could be both! To paraphrase Tim: Sometimes I think people really need to re-read the justification for public education of the children in our country, especially that phrase "for the good" of the child. (sigh) Jim Graham, Ventura Village >"With calm eyes gauge your fellow men; with a calm heart deal with all matters; with a calm mind find the reason in things." - Hong Yingming ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bonham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mpls-issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:02 PM Subject: [Mpls] Re: Mpls School competition > So Ben, would you also agree that I, as a single person with no children, > should not have to pay anything at all toward supporting schools (either > public or private)? > > If so, you better be prepared for a massive increase in the school taxes > that you 'breeders' pay, since now more than half the money comes from > taxpayers without any children in schools. > > Also, could I opt out of the part of the Park Board budget that pays for > tot lots, since I don't have any children to use them? And the golf > courses & tennis courts, since I don't play those sports? > > Also, as a non-smoker, can I opt out of the 25-35% of the Fire Dept budget > that is spent on putting out fires started by cigarettes? > > I seldom drive late at night, so I'd prefer not to pay for the electricity > to keep street lights on after Midnight. Charge that to the people who > drive late at night, not me. > ------------------------ > Sometimes I think people really need to re-read the Founding doucments of > our country, especially that phrase "for the public good". (sigh) > > Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson > > >I agree with Dan McGuire up to a point that private schools should not > >discriminate with public money, but as a parent with children in private > >school I should have the option of having my money that I pay in school > >levies and property tax used for paying for private school. So I am > >paying twice, once for other kids to attend public school and once again > >for my kids attending private school. Many argue that sending my kids to > >private school is my option but having to pay for school referendums and > >levies is not my option. So I am for school vouchers, it is an option > >long overdue. > > > >Ben Jangula > >Longfellow > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
