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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (3428)	10/22/2000 9:59:03 PM
From: fuzzymath	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Now that all makes no sense at all to me. The state of California is essentially dictating that schools will suffer. I assume there's no built-in provision for inflation in this 2/3 majority for school bond issues? If not, then CA has mandated decreased spending on education until a 2/3 majority recognizes the situation is desperate. The special needs kids is a problem here in Connecticut as well. We are required to provide, but no money is provided. The result is that the money is taken away from the non-special needs kids. I can't believe that such a supposedly progressive state like California has done this. Hispanics and blacks in Texas made great progress under Bush. Texas is another state that has massive immigration (legal and illegal). I think a big part of the problem you are experiencing is at the state level, not the national. I can't talk about California state politics, of course (I'm from Connecticut). The purpose of Proposition 13 was what? I have a feeling this is akin to things like term limits, voters trying to limit the available options of future voters to determine their own course? Well -- we've probably pretty much completed our discussion of vouchers and education from the Federal point of view. After this long discussion that lead to what seems to me a great compromise for a national education plan (increased spending especially for needy schools, with vouchers that can be used for public schools) -- maybe we should consider running as a team next time! Kevin/fuzzymath