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To: TimF who wrote (8761)	5/19/2006 3:35:53 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I doubt the US COULD go bankrupt, at least not in the sense that the Soviet Union did. We are too big a customer to the rest of the world, and the world depends on our military far too much.

To: TimF who wrote (8761)	5/19/2006 3:45:16 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Tim, I don't know how closely you have looked the present teaching situation in our public schools. Many of the teachers today appear to lack education themselves and are not qualified to teach the children. They don't use correct grammar, don't have good math training, and have begun to force thier personal feelings on to the children. The NEA keeps them more interested in what that union can do for them, than in teaching children. Not to mention the sex with students. I don't think that Peter is exaggerating at all. Too much money is going down the drain instead of buying something useful for the nation. Government dole is costing far to much for the tax payers to afford, and will cause the degrading of the use of money in this country, and more dollars will go off shore. Our paper money isn't worth the ink used to print it, and since some nations are considering going back to hard currency, we will be left holding an empty bag and have no more power in the world.

To: TimF who wrote (8761)	5/20/2006 1:12:10 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I said the excessive budget moves the US towards bankruptcy. Eventually, if government continues its out of control spendthrift ways, the US will be bankrupt, but that is a few decades off at the soonest. "is it just failing to keep up. I'm not sure our education system is any worse than it was 5 or 10 years ago. That doesn't mean that it is good enough. If it starts out at too low of level it doesn't have to fall to remain at too low of level." The US education system is producing too few mathematically proficient graduates. There are too few native engineers. We have too many undereducated lawyers that believe perjury is ok. Other countries like China and Japan appear to be doing a better job of educating their youth. It is hard to stay ahead of the Jones from behind.