On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:28:16 -0700 (PDT), "zzbunker@
netscape.net"
netscape.net> wrote:
>On Aug 20, 7:27Â am, pug
earthlink.net> wrote:>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:49:37 -0700, Hardpan
yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>> He's got that right. Especially the part about "education."
>>
>> Americans and their god damn holy grail "public education." It makes
>> me sick homeowners in America (especially NYS #1 tax state in the
>> nation) pay every year thousands of dollars in property taxes to
>> "educate" kids for twelve years. Public education is a billion dollar
>> babysitting service provided by the tax payers, even tax payers who
>> have no kids are required to sink more and more money down that black
>> hole EVERY YEAR!
>
> But that's also why the people with actual science, history, and
>arts talents, invented
> microcomputers, CD, DVD+rw, HDTV, lasers, masers, microwave ovens,
>holoograms,
> laser art, fiber optics. PV Cells, Ebooks, Blogs, On-line
>Publishing, WWW, robots,
> adaptive A.I., GPS, and Cruise Missiles.
> To be removed from the hypocritical idiots like Carlin and
>Hollywood,
> Who want want *NO PUBLIC EDUCATION *&* SOCIAL SECURITY*.
Public education is a joke these days. And a BAD joke at that.
40 percent of senior HS students read at a 4th grade level in many
school districts.
Social Security does work and will work for many more years too.
