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To: combjelly who wrote (130826)	1/26/2001 2:59:21 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580695

combjelly, The problem is none of those links show anything that Bush has actually done, or even signed into law. All of the improvements discussed grew out of changes suggested by the Perot commission. These types of arguments will never be settled. There is not really any point in arguing them. One side will say Clinton is the source of all the good with economy, the other side will say that the changes in the 80s prepared the economy for the growth, or that it was the Republican Congress. The same thing about the deficit and surplus. Deficit = Democrat spending in the Congress, Surplus = Republicans controlling the purse strings in Congress (or you can go with the presidents at the time, based on your point of view. This doesn't get anyone anywhere, and if you really get into the argument, it will just leave you bitter. Joe

To: combjelly who wrote (130826)	1/26/2001 4:12:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580695

My problem with charter schools was that they were created before anyone had any real idea if they would work. A substantial fraction are doing worse than the schools they replaced, not what you really want to do. The idea is (or should be if it isn't) to add competition. I'd perfer vouchers to charter schools (although I worry that federal and state government may interfere too much in private schools arguing that the money is going from the government, if vouchers become wide spread). If a school doesn't perform let it suffer the same fate as a business that does not perform. And let students go to schools that do better rather then have many of them trapped in horrible schools. Tim