Do we or don’t we need additional money for education? Maybe. I seem to remember seeing that there some reserve funds that could be tapped until something could be worked out. I also question the fact that we are hearing an awful lot of rhetoric but very little facts from only one side. And those are limited.

Let’s stop with the, we may have to lay off teachers, policemen, cut programs and all the associated arguments that are, frankly, getting old. Why have we not put more effort into getting the parties together and try and live within what we have. We have to get familiar with the old saying that it is very difficult on the original purpose of draining the pond, when you are up to you ass in alligators.

Could it be that we are not paying as much attention to education as we are athletic facilities and extra curricular programs? Could it be that our from school to work programs are eating up valuable time and resources that could be better spent on the basics of education, or maybe using entirely too much of lottery money for college, and not to where it could do the most good?

This may not be the answer but right now all I seem to be hearing is blame and excuses. Where are the answers? We have to start somewhere.

I read that the Governor had offered to accept the stimulus money in question if the state legislature would come up with a plan to pay down the debt. We need to understand that the credit rating of the state is critical to any future growth. Check with the State Treasurer and see what a lower credit rating would do to the state. We cannot afford that fiasco.

We hear such an outcry everytime the subject of school choice comes up. I have to shake my head an wonder what is the issue. What we are doing is obviously not working. Kids are failing, we rank at the bottom of almost every education issues but no one wants to change. I have always heard that the definition of stupidy is doing the same thing in the same way each day and expect a different. Maybe we should check the reasons some people don’t want change. We need it, our kids need it and our state needs it.

Why can’t we get together and use what logical sense we have and try to compromise. The word that means nobody wins, but it stops all the petty bickering so that government can move on to doing what it is designed to do.

Budget cuts and public “dog and pony shows” are about all Sanford has done for South Carolina…I love a stagnant state! Cuz I ain’t for nun of that change! I digress, SANFORD 2012…what a hack!

Maybe I’m missing something here, but doesn’t borrowed money have to be paid back, either through higher taxes or printing more money?

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