From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 10:54:31 MDT
From: "Brian D Williams" <talon57@well.com>
> >From: Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
> >I think it's horrible that children's educational opportunities
> >are limited by the financial resources of their parents. It would
> >be great to have a better way of funding child education.
>
> This is incorrect, the average parent pays for only a small portion
> of their childrens education, most of the real cost is paid by
> non-parents.
>
> How? In 1999 the average federal spending per child on education
> was $7,348 dollars. ...I have no children in school, I am one of those
> involuntarily paying the bulk of these costs.
Maybe a child of one of those breeders will one day find a cure for -
cancer? aging? senility? - so you may yet benefit. In all likelihood you're
already benefiting. If you think about the innovations and inventions of
which you are the beneficiary - all produced by other people's children - it
may help you to appreciate how we're all in this together.
At least children are real. What gets me is the tax break given to
religious institutions - good money going to fantastical supercreatures and
good real estate going to the storytellers perpetuating the "invisible
friend(s)" myths. Where are the mental health professionals? (Sadly, some
of them frequent the House of the Invisible themselves.) Where's the
outrage?
Olga
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