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To: koan who wrote (26584)	9/6/2012 12:30:50 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The only fact is that productivity correlates very well with education. That isn't true, and wouldn't be very relevant if it was true. If productivity was all about education, and nothing else (which it simply isn't, not even close), there would still be very productive (well educated) people, and unproductive (uneducated, or educated but not motivated) people. You would still largely have many of the unproductive, and most of government, relying on the productive. Education is the answer to increased productivity Productive education is part of the answer but not all of it. Dumping more money into the same socialist monopoly system, esp. after spending increase after spending increase after spending increase failed to make much difference, isn't the answer. (And even if it was, it wouldn't require or even suggest, higher federal taxes, the vast majority of federal money is spent elsewhere, and most education funding is at the state or local level.) not pandering to rich people Stealing less from people is not pandering to them. You go from "education is important", to "we should spend more on the public school systems". But something being important doesn't imply you should spend more, esp. when spending more and more, has a record of poor results. Instead of going through the same failed efforts again and again, we need to do something different. That "something different" could theoretically cost more, but more on something that might work, is better than more on what's failed again and again. Also "more on something that might work", doesn't support higher federal income tax rates. And none of that says anything to support your earlier claim that - "Productive and unproductive people is a myth and a story the elitist's want people to believe and it is nonsense. "