NCLB-Education

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

OK, after fully recovering from the near blackout...

Yes, some states (if not all? ) do provide for free public education (see, Im fair and willing to look stuff up).

GR, since I am short on time (and I can connect the dots if needed...but you seem smart enough), simply use a similar thought to your rationale wrt your defense of the "equality" of progressive taxation (equality...progressive - talk about oxymoron! ) and apply it to the situation here.

First of all, what's with the "my dear" in your earlier response to me? What are you, my 85-year-old grandfather? What next, you give me a quarter for candy and then put your thumb between your fingers and tell me you've stolen my nose? Geez louise.

B, we will have to agree to disagree on how we see the taxation thing, because, as I've said, people are all taxed equally; it's the money that is taxed differently. My pathetic below 40K income is taxed at exactly the same rate as Gates' first less-than-40K income. What is taxed more is the amount he makes above that. And if I made more, that amount of money would be taxed accordingly.

So what are you saying, Bababooyee? You don't think Americans should provide public education for our young people? What's your obsession with determining whether it's a right or a privilege? What does that have to do with school performance? You think it's unfair for poor kids to get an education? Is that what you're saying?