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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: lurqer who wrote (42435)4/13/2004 1:31:20 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
wealth distribution by semi-deciles (20ths), rules governing corporations, "criminal-justice" systems, social safety net programs
Your prejudices are coming through loud and clear in your choice of criteria.

For some time, our educational system hasn't come close to meeting our needs.
THe US is near the top of the heap in educational spending. Yet still does poorly.
Message 19218032
nces.ed.gov
edweek.org

So throwing more money at the problem is unlikely to solve it. In fact, this can be seen among the states tehemselves: Some that are towards the bottom in spending are towards the top in achievement.

there's a lot more experience with these matters now than there was in the mid thirties.
DUH!
You think the defects of the system weren't noted when it was first proposed?
This is a little bit like taking 70 years to notice that if you open banks holding lots of cash and provide no vaults and guards, they get robbed a lot. Some things don't take "lots of experience" to be proven stupid.
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