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[johnny9fingers]

That last post of mine was so naive, I mean I wrote:

And doing something means investing. Which means taxes. And paying teachers a wage commensurate with their responsibility to the next generation.

Of course, our only responsibilty to the next generation is to saddle them with as much debt as we can manage by indulging in our desires for luxuries and fripperies. Collectively, we seem to emulate the least intelligent, sensible, and able of the Bennett sisters, talking about spending money on things they don't need, nor really want: like badly-made hats and ribbons to put on 'em.

Yeah. We don't invest anymore. The 'short now' (as Jasper fforde would have it) weighs against investment. Collectively we don't think much of our kids, and we consider our Grandchildren even less.

The Anglo-Saxon cultures have no proper concept of long-term, which is good as we don't appear to have a long-term future.

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[pacificbelle.livejournal.com]

we really do think a lot alike. if i was pres i would pay teachers (who were highly qualified) atleast 100k a year by the fifth year. i would charge citizens for infrastructure & public education according to how much they make annually. luxury tax would be the norm!
the poor child would get the same quality education that the rich child would (only talking money here, there are lots of damaged rich kids). it doesn't really matter why a parent is poor to the child. & all kids would also get breakfast b4 class. do you know how many kids are hungry @ school? i do, & it's shocking. a kid can't learn while hungry; & a nap(getting jerked out of bed 2 b beat when the parent unit gets home late from partying is tiring) & lunch (2 meals a day is a lot for some kids.) sad huh.
since you seem to have a heart, i will tell you i have just volunteered to work with inner city children in the town i grew up in (10 months). a full circle experience for me. it will probably help me more than the kids. i will not be in my born demographics, which i really love. & my main goal will be to pay close attention to figure out who the most tortured children are & help assist as much as humanly possible. it will be a passion to work at this for me. i am very grateful to have been given the experience. no i am not a great person & resent being thanked for this service. it is my duty as an older woman who has survived to help others with a hard beginning to break free & survive too. 'nuff said. thanks again for the nice comment.