Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Rod Speed" wrote:

Billy wrote
Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net@ wrote

I'd cut federal direct expenditures on K-12 education pretty
much completely, save for Special Education and Title 1.

and you'd be wrong. Every dollar spent on education
generates $5 to $10 for our country. Cutting education
is the quickest way to turn us into a third would country.

Fantasy. The US did fine with the level of education seen in the
19th century.

Go to Google and type in "very dollar spent on education generates
".

Pity that all that produces is the line run by the education
institutions.

Wota surprise.

Fantasy?

Hellooo, what 'chew smokin' boy? We're not an agricultural society any
more.

We're not a totally ag. society anymore, but we never were unless you go
back prior to the industrial revolution. However, there a huge regions of
the country like the midwest, and regions within many states like the San
Joaquin valley in CA. that are huge agricultural societies.

Things changed after WWI. Weapons were mechanical and we needed
soldiers who could read the damn manuals. Before WWI, most people were
lucky to finish the eighth grade, which was fine for plowing fields,
tossin' hay, and building fences. Done any DNA analysis with
electrophoresis lately?

Yeah, right after an 8 hour PCR.

Uh-huh. In the 19th century high schools and
Colleges were rich folks prerogatives. These days you need a PhD. just
to assure your self a slot on the day shift.

Only if you want to be part of the incestuous fellowship of university
professionals. Otherwise, you can still get by with a masters.

--
Dave
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