At least the Republican candidates have said the same thing. The "No student left behind" bill has turned into a huge boondoggle and the money went to keep incompetent teachers on the staffs of the poor schools that were getting the handouts.
Another boondoggle is the GI education bill. On Frontline last week there was a sequence about the waste and corruption going on with the GI bill that pays for soldiers to go back for college degrees when their service is up. The "for profit" schools have sprung up like mushrooms in the forest and use every high pressure technique to sign up soldiers. They even go into hospital wards to sign up those with catastrophic head wounds from road side bombs. They also take anyone and everyone whether or not they are capable of understanding college level material. All the soldiers interviewed by Frontline were heavily into debt (as high as $80,000 for a four year program) because they had to move their families or take apartments near the schools to avoid long commutes plus cover other expenses not covered by the GI bill. On top of that these schools are not accredited and course credits are not accepted by other colleges if the soldier wants to transfer. The tuition is two to four times higher than regular colleges. These schools graduate only 26%, do not offer counseling of any kind when a soldier has psychological problems or just can't keep up with studies because they are not college material. Basically the schools bill the govt and then cut the students loose. The schools lie about having inside information into corporations to help place graduates. Frontline interviewed dozens of companies and to a man they said they do not hire graduates from these schools because they have such poor training bordering on incompetence. Finally Congress is beginning to investigate some of the waste. But I'll believe it when I see it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Now David Brookes is talking Health insurance has increased health care costs Student loans has increased the cost of college The Federal government has no business being involved with education or health care. From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Now David Brookes is talking Here is another thought. When I was a child (70 yrs ago) the husband was the wage earner and the wife stayed home to cook and mind the kids. Most families lived from paycheck to paycheck and did not save much if anything. During World War II women had to work in the factories because the men were at war. After the war, women continued working to add to their families income and seek a better life. Guess what happened? Because of the additional spending money prices rose to absorb the difference. Also families had to hire care givers to help raise the kids. Government kept borrowing more and more adding to the inflation. So the net result that by the latter end of the 20th century both husband and wives were working and living paycheck to paycheck. Nothing had changed except that families were more stressed than every. Now we are in the next generation. College kids are moving back in with their parents. It now takes husbands, wives, and children living in the same unit to survive. The stress level is higher than ever. Wages will never rise high enough for young people now adays to afford their own homes in the next ten years. As long as the government keeps borrowing amounts equal to our GNP this problem will only get worse. I just saw a blurb today on MSN that apartment rentals are rising fast due to tight supply. There were too many houses build during the mortgage bubble and not enough apartments. It will be tough on this new generation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Araoz" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Now David Brookes is talking El 24/02/12 17:40, Stephen Russell escribió: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Half of Americans don't pay any Federal income tax > ---------------- > > I have heard this chant a lot lately but I don't find enough > supporting documentation for it. > > Some sites say that is the # 47% and I can find in some reports that > same value. Only the value is just part of the entire picture that is > not represented at all. > > 47% of the taxpayer class "Single" are not paying tax. Reasons sited > were 1. Jobless, 2. Senior Citizen / elderly, 3. Students > > The other class was married with filing married or filing jointly. > > Past Fox news, or CBS, are there real facts to drive this probable > fiction? I am sure there is a lot of bias in this news. > Well actually, I can assure you that 100% of the taxpayer class are paying taxes. ... .. . [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/3073911D3E3148A0B9B7113D345A6610@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
