Paul Krugman liberal columnist for the NYTimes wrote a thinly veiled plea for a second round of stimulus funding: The Uneducated American. The column is tacitly about the state of education in America and the impact of funding declines on education. In fact it is an appeal for a second stimulus bill. Instead of just saying, "Why don't we spend more of our current stimulus money on education?" Krugman is actually saying, "Pass another stimulus bill, some of that money should go to education." In the entire article he never once addresses the real problem with education in America. What does the great liberal suggest:
First of all, Congress needs to undo the sins of February, and approve another big round of aid to state governments. We don’t have to call it a stimulus, but it would be a very effective way to create or save thousands of jobs. And it would, at the same time, be an investment in our future.
Beyond that, we need to wake up and realize that one of the keys to our nation’s historic success is now a wasting asset. Education made America great; neglect of education can reverse the process.
Since lack of funding isn't the real problem with education, I would suggest that instead of pumping more money into the lost cause, why don't we just go find several million toilets and piss the money down them - the effect on education would be the same.
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