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Is runaway education spending the root problem?

Posted by Kristina Rasmussen - January 28, 2009

The $79 billion state bailout (a.k.a "State Fiscal Stabilization Fund") in the House Democrats' stimulus bill will be administered by the Department of Education. At least 61 percent of the "State Fiscal Stabilization Fund" must be spend on education.

Is this a defacto admission that runaway education spending (thanks, teachers unions!) is what "destabilizes" states' fiscal picture in the first place?

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Xenophore said on Jan 30 2009 at 11:36pm
Public elementary and secondary schools should be funded like public hospitals. Everyone should pay a small amount to cover the truly indigent while those who choose to send their children to public schools pay a tuition comparable to what they would pay at a private school.