-=> Quoting WALTER LUFFMAN to ROBERT CRAFT <=-
 WL> Yep.  I would think the Seattle area is certainly better off
 WL> because of all the Microsoft Millionaires who live and
 WL> work there.  And don't forget the trickle-down effect:  Bill
 WL> Gates hired a lot of people at considerable expense to build
 WL> that pleasure-dome he calls a house.  Eventually some of
 WL> that money translates into salaries/taxes for the people at
 WL> Hardee's; but by that point, it's already changed hands (and
 WL> been taxed) several times.
 WL> (Say what you will about Microsoft's business practices..and
 WL> I've said a lot myself; but Bill Gates' mere existence boosts
 WL> the economy around him, and that can't possibly be all bad.)
 
 WL> should be limited to funding public schools with state and
 WL> local taxes,
 
 RC> How 'bout education vouchers instead?
 WL> I like the concept of vouchers; lets the government set
 WL> minimum funding for an essential service, the lets the
 WL> individual taxpayer decide which of the competitors gets his
 WL> share of that minimum.  I worry that, as the voucher concept
 WL> gains popularity, liberals will attempt to poison it by
 WL> making vouchers the only legal source of funding private
 WL> schools can accept.  (They've already done something similar
 WL> to doctors who accept Medicare patients.)
 
 I was talking about the educational voucher thing with my husband and he 
 brought up an interesting point. If the government is the one who disburses
 these vouchers to the parents what's to stop the government from making 
 certain requirements concerning curriculum? IMHO one problem with public
 schools is federal interference.
 Remember, OBE was brought to you by the federal gov't.
 
 
 WL> Walter, Forked Deer River Ilks
 
 WL> ... I already know I'm paranoid. The question is, am I paranoid
 WL> enough? 
 Uh, the answer to that question is "No." Especially today, April 15.
 Jean Halverson, cynicus extraordinarious
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