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Post by bob on May 10, 2009 5:17:41 GMT -5
I heard that even if we do not accept the money, we would have to help pay it back anyway.
The question was asked if the US troops would fire on fellow Americans. They would have to. Those who would not would have to go awol.
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Post by Spider on May 11, 2009 1:50:19 GMT -5
I don't know about the money bit, bob,
but I do wonder about the State National Guard.
Who would they serve?
It ain't never going to happen. __ 'S'
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Post by moonpuppy on May 11, 2009 9:08:33 GMT -5
In a way the money will be paid in Federal taxes collected. They are going to spend it either way, and we have to pay the taxes levied.
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Post by 2much4U on May 14, 2009 22:04:05 GMT -5
They have been throwing money at our schools for over 30 years now, and I don't think more money is going to fix it. When they do add more money to the school system, all of the administrators get raises, and new schools get built, and so on; But nothing is done to add to the quality of education. So why should he add more funding to an already failing education system? Look at Hanna High School in Anderson. There was nothing wrong with it, but what did they do when they came into some education money a few years back; Built a "New School" with a hamburger joint inside it! This place looks like a university instead of a high school. Instead of using the money they asked for to improve education, they built a new school. Bricks and mortor do not make a kid smarter, it does not improve test scores, it does not make kids act any better. Yea, I think every state should resurrect the Ten Amendment!
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Post by bob on May 15, 2009 9:50:18 GMT -5
Making schools better, for the most part, has to be started with the parent(s). How many times have you heard that? We know throwing more money at problems don't work. We know there are states out there with less monies per student who are doing better than we are. Success By 6 and all those other programs are just repeats of other projects left by the wayside. There are many well educated people out there who are coming up with good programs. But they are ones we don't need at the moment until we finish with other good programs already started. We can't though because it is not politically correct to point the finger to where the problem really is! It is the biggest topic of discussion among teachers who have to deal with the children and their parents. That is, kids who live a home life where they can't sleep at night, don't get help that they need, do not eat well enough even though parents and students get food stamps and free meals at school, have brothers and "uncles" deal in drugs and carry guns. The poor kids are stuck in the middle and can't do anything about it. By third grade their whole lives are pretty much written for them in stone via the well known viscous circle of poverty. They get SAT tested even though they won't have plans for college. Other states test only those who are going to go on to a higher level of education. The teachers get blamed and have to fear for their jobs when the whole mess is not their fault.
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