interesting tidbit

[Stephen Bobick]

  Donnie Sendelbach:
  >Maybe educators nationwide should take advantage of this election year and
  >make education a critical issue in the presidential race.  It would be a
  >means of drawing the American public's attention to what a frightening turn
  >education is taking in this age of budget cuts -- and to  explain what the
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  >longterm effects of such a turn.
  >We are educators.  Therefore, we should EDUCATE the public.

In your "education" of the public, please don't neglect to mention the
facts concerning the amount that is wasted each and every year paying
INTEREST on the DEBT.  And please mention the *longterm effects* of our debt
and just how *frightening* these are.

How many billions did we waste on interest last year?  $200,000,000,000 or so?

Just think if this quantity could be applied to say, education, instead of
being wasted on the *interest* on the debt -- a debt that worsens every year.

Cuts today are inevitable and necessary.  If you're suggesting that education
can not be cut, you'd better provide an alternative source(s) of cuts.


-- Stephen Bobick