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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul V. who wrote (113802)	9/24/2011 9:09:21 PM
From: joefromspringfield	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Wait a minute Paul. When I lived in Missouri we were told that if we approved casino boat gambling all the money the state would collect would go to the public schools. The voters approved it. What happened? Did those Bozo's in Jefferson City cut the general funds that were going to education. John Stossel had a 1 hour special on education this week. There are some great magnet schools out there that he features. More people what to send their children to these schools than they have the capacity to handle. They have lotteries. The kids that win are ecstatic while the losers are in tears. Costs to run these schools seem to be less than the average public school. nation.foxnews.com

To: Paul V. who wrote (113802)	9/25/2011 10:23:03 AM
From: joefromspringfield	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

"Joe, In late 2009 I attended a SIU- Edwardsville, Il Conference for political, public sector and private sector leaders. I was seated across the table from the Bellville School District Superintendent. We were discussing education cuts. He informed me that in the Spring of 2010 that if the district did not receive Stimulus money that the district was going to be required to cut approximately 150 teacher due to inadequate funding from the State and Federal governments." Yes I suspect most people here know various aspects of this situation. The stimulus money did more to save state and local government jobs than it did to create new jobs. The money was only a one year fix. What has this superintendent done to handle the problem this year? We are all familiar with how this was addressed in the neighboring state of Wisconsin. Governor Walker came up with a plan to preserve jobs if the teachers paid for part of their health care benefits. The Union was up in arms and occupied the capital building for days. The Wisconsin capital was trashed leaving millions of dollars of damage. Compare this crowd to a tea party crowd. At Glenn Becks 912 tea party event at the Washington Mall the grounds were cleaner when the left than when they arrived. The democratic state senators fled the state in an attempt to shut down the legislature. The end result is all of the teachers kept their jobs and local school districts found additional savings from getting competitive bids on insurance benefits. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the 2012 election in Wisconsin.