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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Funny thing about these conversations is that they seem to erupt in various 
forms in very divergent places all at the same time.  This last paragraph 
resonates of part of a discussion elsewhere and my answer is the same.

Right now the nanny state is in high gear.  Programs to regulate and mandate 
every last little thing in the world!  And that includes that pregnant 
mother that is in that minority whose kids end up being problems for 
everyone.

All those programs, all those dollars, all those laws haven't done a 
blooming thing to change any of that.  Little Johnny still lives in a 
ghetto, still ends up going to prison and still can't read or write even 
though millions of dollars are spent to make it otherwise.  All those laws 
haven't given Little Johnny an education that is "equal" to the one that 
Little Princess Paris got.  All those laws and all those dollars haven't 
given Little Johnny the opportunities that Little Princess Paris has.

AND, I would opine that, in fact, all those programs have made it worse, 
made the rich richer and the poor poorer!

So, my solution is to totally dismantle the whole blooming system and say 
"figure it out yourselves, no one is going to do it for you anymore!"  No 
more tax dollars for schools, no more tax dollars for bussing, no more tax 
dollars for IDEA, no more, no more, no more.  AND, I'd be willing to be that 
little one room neighborhood schools, *real* private schools with 
scholarship programs would come back into being and flourish!  I'd also bet 
that all the folks who say they can't or think they aren't capable of 
homeschooling are and would.  I think the will-power to get ahead, to learn, 
to "be something" return to many, if not most, of the Little Johnnies!

Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> . Of course, pregnant women ought to take the responsibility
> upon themselves, and most of them do, but the kids that the minority
> produce end up being problems for everyone.
>
> Marie
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