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**Kghyutgykim** · 05-11-2010, 08:04 PM

I always love it when people point to teachers and schools for all the states problems.

Schools are probably the best place to spend the money, and the best place to watch where it is being spent (although not TOO closely, as that makes it impossible to do anything that nobody at all will object to in some way).

Administration has always been both the downfall and the financial drain on schools, from that one (Principal?) that bought himself a baby grand, to the ones that I am passingly familiar with that voted themselves a pay raise 2 years before retirement to buffer their pensions.

Spending money on schools makes people want to live there. It increases property value and decreases crime rate. You get more kids playing sports and academic leagues than hanging out on the corner of main street at 11pm on a Tuesday.

But our short-sighted greed always takes precedence over anything else.

Loft? That typical attitude you describe works for more things than just schools. The classic "Cut everything but the stuff I personally use" mantra that we have seen most prevalently recently in relation to the health care "debate".

Drives me NVTS.

05-11-2010, 08:04 PM	#7
Kghyutgykim Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	I always love it when people point to teachers and schools for all the states problems. Schools are probably the best place to spend the money, and the best place to watch where it is being spent (although not TOO closely, as that makes it impossible to do anything that nobody at all will object to in some way). Administration has always been both the downfall and the financial drain on schools, from that one (Principal?) that bought himself a baby grand, to the ones that I am passingly familiar with that voted themselves a pay raise 2 years before retirement to buffer their pensions. Spending money on schools makes people want to live there. It increases property value and decreases crime rate. You get more kids playing sports and academic leagues than hanging out on the corner of main street at 11pm on a Tuesday. But our short-sighted greed always takes precedence over anything else. Loft? That typical attitude you describe works for more things than just schools. The classic "Cut everything but the stuff I personally use" mantra that we have seen most prevalently recently in relation to the health care "debate". Drives me NVTS.
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