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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay: [QB] I think this whole issue signals two things. Firstly, that the government and the public in general don't give a hoot about education. Until someone runs for public office and then it's all about photo ops (like Clinton today standing in front of the broken down trailer classroom to deride the Republican tax cut) or making the campaign promise to become the "education president" and then falling asleep in the Oval Office chair. This apathy is evident in the amount of money allocated to public education that brings about at least some dependance on coporate sponsorship. Secondly, it speaks to the fact that we are a possession focused society. That is clear when the coporate folks think that by hanging a sign for Nike in front of me then I will demand these cool shoes made by Indonesian sweat shop labor paid a few bucks a day be on my feet this instant so I can be in with the crowd. Bah! The more you possess, the more you are possesed and the coporations want to make good little consumers out of us while we are young. Think about this as well, the increased money that has gone into the prison systems of late with the new "crack-down" on crime is misplaced in that it deals with the social problems after the horse is out of the barn so to speak. The money would be better spent on dealing with social ills before they are started whether than warehousing in prision those we could have saved if given the chance. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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