On 30/10/2017 08:13, T wrote:
On 10/30/2017 12:52 AM, Bod wrote:
How come a great country like America has so many in this day and age!?

The US has more citizens who are illiterate - some 16 million people -
than many of its developed counterparts. Why is that?
Many complain that the system fails those who need extra help and
there is a big disparity between rich and poor areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-u...who-can-t-read


Part of it is because the Federal government has taken a lot of control
away from local school systems.Â* The department of education
is a simple political pay off to the unions.Â* It serves no
practical purpose.Â* It is political corruption.

And the Democratic part and the teachers unions are in bed with each
other.Â* You can't fire a bad teacher.Â* There is no consequence for
doing poorly.Â* This corruption is so bad that in my state alone,
teachers make double what the private sector makes for the same
education and their retirement is off the chart.

The corruption is so bad that our Democratic party controlled
state supreme court years ago pulled s*** out of their ass and
forced through a tax increase for "education" which WAS NOT IN
OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, over riding A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE that
put the tax law there to start with.

And the same bunch of totalitarianists disallowed a ballot initiative
that would have removed another tax increase that our liar
of a governer jammed through for (ha ha) "education".

If you look at the USA's money spend for child you will find
an inverse curve.Â* The more you spend, THE WORSE the outcome.

We have something like two teachers for every administrator.
It is corruption on a grand scale.

So the answer your question, it is POLITICAL CORRUPTION.Â*Â* Follow
the money.

The solution is to privatize the school system.Â* Disallow public
employees.Â* Contract out to private companies.

Ok, thanks for the explanation, Mr T.

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Bod