i'll give you that. but, i'll leave it with this, the
government can never run something with out waste.
here in this area something like 10000 per student and
the schools are failing. i could have taken half of
what was spent in the government schools and put ben
into a mid-range private school that would have been
better than the public school that he attended before
we moved out to grayson.

--- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, but their are other funds that provide support
> to educational
> programs not just education funding.  And a lot of
> social welfare
> programs supplement education programs.
>
> Kat
>
> ken barber wrote:
>
> > did you not pay attention to the last education
> bill.
> > the pres let ted kennedy write the bill and the
> > amount. if it is not enough, it is the dems fault.
> > they wrote the whole thing.
> >
> > --- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >>No, we're *not* spending more on education, we're
> >>spending less and it's
> >>hurting.  I've been reading of budget cuts for
> local
> >>school systems that
> >>are hurting the systems so badly they've had to
> turn
> >>to the parents for
> >>money for basic supplies.  Now these budget cuts
> are
> >>at the state and
> >>local levels, not the federal.  So where is all
> this
> >>extra money going?
> >>
> >>There are some parts of the country where parents
> >>have sold blood to
> >>commercial blood banks to raise money for their
> >>kids' schools, giving
> >>new meaning to the term 'blood money.'
> >>
> >>I'm totally disgusted with the Bush Administration
> >>and its lack of
> >>fiscal accountability.
> >>
> >>Kat
> >>
> >>ken barber wrote:
> >>
> >>>well, mag, if dollars spent translated into
> >>
> >>better,
> >>
> >>>we'd be okay. we are spending more than ever on
> >>>education, but, it is not getting better.
> >>>  and mag, tax breaks are for tax payers. if one
> >>
> >>is
> >>
> >>>not paying anything, how then can you refund
> >>
> >>something
> >>
> >>>that is not paid. although the government has
> >>
> >>figure
> >>
> >>>out how to pass money to people with zero taxes
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>>call it a refund, it does not meet the definition
> >>
> >>of a
> >>
> >>>refund. that does not mean i want the "earned
> >>
> >>income
> >>
> >>>credit" to go away, (some people very desperately
> >>
> >>need
> >>
> >>>the money) but, just being honest, it is not a
> >>
> >>refund,
> >>
> >>>so call it a payment or something else.
> >>>
> >>>--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I believe the paper was the SF chronicle...  I
> was
> >>>>staggered by the numbers.
> >>>>I thought of all the tax breaks the rich are
> >>>>getting, I thought of all the
> >>>>children in impoverished areas getting a lousy
> >>>>education.  sigh...
> >>>>
> >>>>Mag


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