re: #343 marjoriemoon

The biggest problem with the negative rhetoric (like Rush or Beck) is that it distracts from the real issues, issues people may like and it hurts both sides.

When Jeb Bush became the Gov of Florida, he had taken the position from MacKay(D) who took it from Childs(D) (whom I believed passed away). At any rate one of the first orders of business was to cut education, specifically special schools and classes for at risk kids. Systems that worked for keeping kids out of jail and focused on education. And they’re still suffering, although Charlie Crist is a moderate Republican (keep an eye on him, btw, he’s not a bad guy), he doesn’t support these programs as the Dem govs did.

I wouldn’t mind the feds stepping in, at least to in some way protect these kinds of systems from failing because they work. When you have a better educated populace, you have less crime.

Federal intrusion into education can only result in even more bureaucracy. I’m not in favor of Bush’s expansion of education bureaucracy, and not in favor the left’s intrusions.

Agreed on the need for programs to keep people from dropping out of society and become criminals. Sometimes the stats are astounding—to the point of my questioning whether funds are appropriately allocated to those with the need. In Wisconsin, for instance, sometimes stats get tossed out that 1 in 8 to 10 students are ‘special need’ students in need of these programs. That seems a bit high.