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To: tejek who wrote (573985)	7/15/2010 12:46:14 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575841

No Ted, its what the ideology of big government and ever expanding spending as wrought.

To: tejek who wrote (573985)	7/15/2010 1:04:24 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575841

Ted, > This is what the ideology of small gov't and lower taxes has wrought.....enjoy. LOL, neither government nor taxes in California are small. Tenchusatsu P.S. - I'm getting ready to move to Northern California, closer to the heart of California leftism. ;-)

To: tejek who wrote (573985)	9/15/2010 4:16:02 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575841

"Over the past 40 years," Coulson writes, "public school employment has risen 10 times faster than enrollment. There are 9 percent more students today, but nearly twice as many public school employees." humanevents.com

To: tejek who wrote (573985)	9/15/2010 4:48:04 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1575841

Average California teacher salaries are far more than other states. A third more than most other states. "If you want good schools, you have to pay for them,” she said." NAEP: Grade 8 Mathematics National rank 45 alec.org "Experts say tax reform is the only option for California, short of a massive and unprecedented shrinking of government. And that requires an “open conversation” between voters and their elected leaders, and almost certainly higher taxes, according to Ms. Ross, the economist." I don't think more pay or tax reform is addressing the real heart of the problem California Education is facing. JMHO