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To: koan who wrote (54098)	10/2/2013 10:54:49 PM
From: Thehammer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Koan, you make me laugh and you seem like your heart is in the right place though misguided. That is not quite what I said. I was educated in a parochial schools for 12 years and disciplined by some highly motivated nuns. I used to envy my friends who went to public school as they had less homework and more days off. The Catholic schools were run for the students and overall I think that I got a better education than my public school friends. They spent less per student and tended to get better results. Unions don't make for better education.

To: koan who wrote (54098)	10/3/2013 10:53:52 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Thehammer Respond to of 85487

Belgium went 589 days w/o a government - don't let the Party of Big Goverment scare you: ... Between 2010-11 the democratic country of Belgium was run with no elected government official. While the United States shutdown was caused by dissent over Obamacare funding between the House and Senate, a rift between the Dutch-speaking North and the French-speaking South caused Belgium to go rogue. Given the fact, it seems rather ironic the country’s motto is "Unity Makes Strength.” State governments continued to function in Belgium during the ordeal, as they will in America. Herman Matthijs, a professor of politics at the Free University of Brussels, even said the shutdown had advantages: "A government without power can't introduce new taxes. On the other hand, a government without full powers can't take new measures concerning the outlays. The political crisis relating to the public finance saved money." According to TIME, zero government did little to alter the daily lives of Belgians and it curbed unwanted spending: “Many state functions, from education to welfare, have already been ceded over the years to regional and community governments. Belgium deftly helmed the presidency of the E.U. in the second half of 2010, and the caretaker government last month headed off market jitters over its debt levels by quickly agreeing on a tighter budget. The country is recovering well from the downturn, with growth last year at 2.1 percent (compared with the E.U. average of 1.5 percent), foreign investment doubling and unemployment at 8.5 percent, well below the E.U. average of 9.4 percent.” .... http://townhall.com/tipsheet/sarahjeanseman/2013/03/02/do-as-the-belgians-do-the-country-that-went-589-days-without-a-government-n1715344