Democracy4Sale wrote: "It will be a happy day when the Air Force has to hold a bake-sale to build a bomber, and the Educational system has all the money it needs."
It does. This is not exclusive to Jefferson Co.
Democracy4Sale wrote: I remember Amendment 23; and I remember the Bond Issue for Jefferson County that was supposed to come with a link to grade-improvement--"No performance, no money." Uh-huh. Ever seen a bond issue passed that was based on a trigger where the money wasn't distributed because the trigger didn't happen? Neither have I.
They've come to the well too many times...I'm going to vote against this one. They've played the "It's for the children" theme once too often.
And I will vote against any additional tax-increases for Jefferson County....
However, in the larger context that has nothing to do with higher-education, Pell Grants, doubling the interest rates on student loans, and other grants for education being cut even further by the teabaggers.
Why hasn't anyone taken colleges to task for their inflationary price increases? And giving students free money in Pell Grants will just make this problem worse.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Yeah, screw 'em... The ones that aren't born with a silver-spoon in their mouths....like Mitt-the-Twit.... should just go get a job flipping burgers at McDonalds...