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To: JRI who wrote (143)	8/23/2002 3:06:57 PM
From: HairBall	Respond to of 203

I would comment, but because I am white and male, anything I say would be politically incorrect. Who knows, one day we may be pledging allegiance to the United States of Zimbabwe, sound far fetched... sharemunique.com Be sure to click on and read the entire articles.

To: JRI who wrote (143)	8/23/2002 3:08:09 PM
From: LPS5	Respond to of 203

[I]mprove the overall quality of our public schools...spend/redistribute whatever money necessary to do it. Government creation of and subsequent tinkering with public school systems is what made them horrendous in the first place, and so prone to wide variations in standard. Getting the government out of schools is what will fix them, as education - unlike running courtrooms and fielding a military - can be a profitable venture. Feel free, though, to shove - and deeply - your socialist recommendation that "whatever money necessary" be "redistributed." Those monies you're speaking so freely of include mine, and I have no desire - and feel no obligation - to subsidize any child's education other than my own, no matter how dire their situation. Markets, allowed to function freely, will not only bring about cost effective solutions but will simultaneously make the do-it-yourself options (vis a vis home schooling) economically viable. No child should receive an inferior education because of the wealth (or lack thereof) of the school district they live in. A blank check system coupled with somewhere between little and no accountability for standards - indeed, it could be argued that the current system rewards mediocrity and failure over success - is the reason for lousy school systems. Private industry would, and has in some locations, proven the fallacy of socialized education. That is just wrong. That child is not getting a fair shake. Equality and fairness are very different qualities; in the context of social orders and public policy, they're often very much at odds with one another. For a roadmap to the Constitution, I highly recommend you read the Federalist Papers. Telling stuff therein. But immediately: why would, and should, I be obligated to right the wrongs of a central planning system that I had nothing to do with, for people I don't know? This "solution" you're proposing is only just around the philosophical corner from that of the reparations we were originally discussing. That said, I mostly agree with the rest of your post. LPS5