$100 BILLION?! I know I know, no one in Washington ever actually believes in the “Throwing good money after bad” idea. In fact here they’re throwing bad money after bad. Taking from everywhere to toss into the education money pit. :\
Now don’t get me wrong, I live in the middle of nowhere and I’ve seen LOTS of major school repairs that need done. (Asbestos removal, holes, extra portable classrooms, parking lots, fields, MUSIC ROOMS) What inveitably happens is that these things are never actually purchased. The money is “absorbed” all along the way LONG before it ever reaches the students or the indivdual schools.
Hell if you want to give money away like this why not give it to the parents of the kids? Divide it up amongst the kids and give it to them directly, then they can figure out how to improve their schools. Oh wait, that’d just go to private schools which would really annoy public school stalwarts.
Honestly has throwing money at a problem EVER solved it? Or just changed the symptoms?
