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Skriven 2006-07-05 11:35:00 av Robert E Starr JR (3825.babylon5)
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"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:56:33 -0500, "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
> <ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:bjjja2p7ob95bjmtkur7fdoluvht4bqb8f@4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:42:02 -0700, Charlie Edmondson
> >> <edmondson@ieee.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Josh Hill wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Are you prepared to do without most of the military, the police, and
> >> >> most of the nation's schools? The answer to corruption in government
> >> >> is better government.
> >> >>
> >> >Well, let's see...
> >> >
> >> >Military - plenty of money there, without adding in the estate tax.
Done
> >> >  mostly at the federal level (except for national guard) so no big
> >problem.
> >>
> >> Huh? Why do you say plenty of money? We're running a huge deficit, and
> >> Bush has refused to pay for the war in Iraq. We're borrowing the money
> >> to pay for the military.
> >>
> >> >Police - Not federally funded, except for 'mandates' and
> >> >'redistributions' used to buy votes/influence.  Could well do without
> >> >all the federal meddling there.
> >>
> >> Funded by taxes.
> >>
> >> >Schools - Should be done at the local level, and would be better so.
> >> >Instead, lots of meddling, mandates, 'standards' that are more about
> >> >controlling the votes of the teacher's unions than about actually
> >> >teaching kids.  If I could kick the feds out, would be putting on my
> >> >boots right now... 8-)
> >>
> >> Well, you could begin by repealing the spectacularly ineffectual No
> >> School Left Unpunished Act, which has been a failure and left the
> >> states strapped for cash when Bush failed to provide the funding he
> >> promised to pay for his mandates.
> >
> >Ah...its all Bush's fault
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind
> >
> >Passed the House 381 to 41.
> >Passed the Senate 87 to 10.
> >
> >But, of course, its all Bush's fault.
> >All he can do is sign or ...hmmm....maybe he can't veto anymore - I mean,
he
> >hasn't vetoed anything yet, has he?
> >:-)
>
> Or he refused to fund his program as promised . . .

Spending bills originate in the House of Representatives.

>
> >> Anyway, once again, funded by taxes. And I've noticed that middle
> >> class districts get a lot more money per student than poor ones. Which
> >> kinda makes me wonder why the middle class districts are spending so
> >> much money. Sarcasm mode on: since we're clearly wasting money on
> >> schools and expenditure per pupil has nothing to do with success, we
> >> should take money away from wealthy suburban school districts until
> >> they're holding classes in janitorial closets like poor urban ones.
> >
> >Schools are funded primarily by local & state taxes, IIRC.
> >Here's another idea - have the middle class districts spend less, and
return
> >the overcharge back to the parents.
> >:-)
>
> Ain't gonna happen because they aren't really overspending . . .

Just using your  idea on expenditures :-)
Yeah, I know you were ebing sarcastic.
>
> -- 
> Josh
>
> "I love it when I'm around the country club, and I hear people talking
about the debilitating
> effects of a welfare society. At the same time, they leave their kids a
lifetime and beyond
> of food stamps. Instead of having a welfare officer, they have a trust
officer. And instead
> of food stamps, they have stocks and bonds."
>
> - Warren Buffett
>


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