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

To: TimF who wrote (3553)	10/24/2000 8:55:16 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

There is a problem with your logic. You assume the consumer is educated. There is a real problem in this country with uneducated parents. The US government is not trying to rip them off. The public schools attempt to deliver education to kids whether or not their parents are educated enough to KNOW their children are being educated. Not so with a private system. I've seen great frauds in private schools, and in special education. And educated parent would probably eventually be able to figure out a good job wasn't being done - but that certainly won't be true of everyone. It may not even be true for the majority.

To: TimF who wrote (3553)	10/24/2000 9:06:40 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

I thought this was the moderate thread. What are Reese and Ben Wa doing on it? New Zogby Poll. Still a toss-up.http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001024/pl/poll_tuesday_dc_10.html

To: TimF who wrote (3553)	10/24/2000 11:50:13 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Why do you think companies care about market share? Because once they establish market share their very presence becomes advertising of sorts, reinforcing that position. My example is just one of several companies that could see a "natural" connection to kids. Why wouldn't McD create a 51% stake in some rebranded education company? I'm sure they'd make it SOUND great. You give people too much credit. Once there is no effective alternative (because of aggressive marketing), the market leader doesn't have to differentiate its product anymore. Why do no-name brands of cola never change the Coke and Pepsi market? Because most people make cola decisions on factors not related to the taste but rather market factors. People that don't see that deregulation has ANY downsides are either uninformed or willfully ignoring those negatives. We have the premiere economy and people still come here to our universities. Many of the best universities in the country are public. Many are private. But the private one's discriminate based upon wealth. That's legal and maybe in their interest. If one wants to stratify your country into educational haves and havenots then we should go right ahead with vouchers at the lower grade levels as well. Heck, I'm a have and my kids are probably haves. So if I didn't give a darn about anyone else, I'd say let the public schools sink.