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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (162117)	7/18/2001 1:34:10 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 769670

Reagan, our greatest modern president, was more in touch with reality than any of the media who covered him.

To: Zoltan! who wrote (162117)	7/18/2001 2:46:49 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

To anyone who has the mistaken impression that the WSJ (at least page 1) is a conservative newspaper, I present to you a story on what the conservative WSJ thinks the problem with public education is – businesses don’t pay enough tax. July 18, 2001 Heavy Tax Abatements Keep Firms In Toledo but Drain Education Coffers By ROBERT TOMSHO Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL . . . Area businesses also complain about the 38,000-student Toledo Public School District. They say its abysmal academic record hampers efforts to hire well-trained workers and attract new employers.But even as they call for reform, companies are receiving hefty breaks from the very taxes that would help pay for it. Since the late 1970s, tens of millions of dollars that would have otherwise flowed into Toledo school coffers have instead gone to businesses as tax abatements. Machine shops and breweries have drunk from this well, as have large corporations seeking to build new headquarters and plants. interactive.wsj.com