alt.politics.gw-bush

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:14:36 GMT, bw@ (B1ackwater) wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:49:39 -0400, * US * wrote:
>>On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:51:34 GMT, bw@ (B1ackwater) wrote:
>>>On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:59:46 -0400, * US * wrote:
>>>>The assumption that all parents would have the
>>>>knowledge to teach numeracy is unwarranted.
>>>>
>>>>The bushkultie is easily deluded into believing that an
>>>>insignificant tax 'cut' would compensate for massive
>>>>indebtedness. The state and all its people benefit when
>>>>people are taught enough accounting to know better.
>>>>
>>>> /pfaw/general/ ?oid=12
>>>>
>>>>"In monarchies, education should be partial, and adapted to the rank
>>>>of each class of citizens. But "in a republican government ... the whole
>>>>power of education is required."
>>>>
>>>> /founders/documents/
>>>>
>>>>The assumption that parents would be best-qualified, or even
>>>>qualified at all, or even alive/present to teach bookkeeping is
>>>>based on a lack of awareness of reality, at best.
>>>
>>> AMERICAN parents teach their kids about book-keeping
>>> and sustainable borrowing habits ????!!!! No WAY !
>>>
>>> American parents teach their kids (by example) to
>>> spend their lives deeply in debt, forever searching
>>> for another pennies worth of credit the way crackheads
>>> comb the sidewalks and gutters for lost crumbs of
>>> cocaine.
>>
>>Education must, for the general welfare, exceed
>>that offered by some parents, indeed.
>
> Unfortunately, for the general welfare, education
> must exceeed that commonly practiced in our public
> schools at the moment. Even "W"s "No Child Left
> Behind" laws didn't bring us up to snuff.
>
> Ignorance IS bliss ... for individuals and entities
> who wish to manipulate the public.

We could devote a lot more resources to education
if we weren't being robbed by Bush and Cheney.