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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (119586)	12/26/2000 4:55:35 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

One key is lowering class sizes and attracting better teachers to the inner cities. Unfortunately, this can't be done without throwing federal money at the problem. Some states are financially able to help, some aren't. Hence, a role for the federal government to play. The flight to suburbia (more economic than racial, really) has left inner cities without a strong, sustainable property-tax base. Ergo, pay now or pay much more later. I am not doubting what you say about Utah, but would point out that the example is probably apples vs. oranges because of Utah's being a highly theocentric society.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (119586)	12/26/2000 5:18:05 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

.... and more union jobs..... JLA

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (119586)	12/26/2000 9:12:14 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"How about starting with this: Prove that spending more money on education improves education. Federal aid to education started in the late '50's. The amount spent on education has increased steadily since then; the quality of the output has declined.Utah is close to the top in educational achievement and close to the bottom in spending. Pouring more money into a bureaucracy does not produce a better bureaucracy, just a bigger bureaucracy." There is a name for this phenomenon. It's called Director's Law of Bureaucratic Displacement. Basically it says that the amount of government investment in a project is inversely proportional to the amount of output from the project. That is, the more money government spends on education, the less education comes out of the schools. A good example of this law in action can be seen with the British National Health Service... <g> Also check out Director's Law of Public Income Redistribution which shows that income redistribution benefits the middle class at the expense of both the rich and poor. I like that one. ;) Derek