Comments on: Throw enough money at Johnny and surely he’ll read http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: srsjones825 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-22930 srsjones825 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:02:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-22930 The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a "good-paying" work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities. <br><br>By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond, and yes, they support those institutions financially. The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a “good-paying” work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities.

By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond, and yes, they support those institutions financially.

]]> By: srsjones825 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-18489 srsjones825 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:02:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-18489 The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a "good-paying" work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities. <br><br>By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond, and yes, they support those institutions financially. The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a “good-paying” work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities.

By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond, and yes, they support those institutions financially.

]]> By: srsjones825 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-11074 srsjones825 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:02:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-11074 The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a "good-paying" work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities. <br><br>By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond. The top income tax rate in New Mexico is 5.3%, New Mexico has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, sales taxes are far below other states and food and medicine isn't subject to tax. If many New Mexicans can't afford private school, it has nothing to do with taxes in the state, it has to do with incomes. New Mexico isn't exactly a “good-paying” work state, leading often to a brain drain in many communities.

By comparison, the states with the highest levels of education tax their citizens at much higher rates, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. These states don't lead the nation in education because they are closer to the Canadian border. They lead the nation because for over a Century they have built wide-ranging education infrastructures that include substantial life-long learning opportunities for all their citizens from pre-school to college and beyond.

]]> By: Leonidas56 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-11040 Leonidas56 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:41:14 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-11040 There are private schools, but many New Mexicans are taxed to death to the point where they can't afford to put their schools in the more efficient private schools. There are private schools, but many New Mexicans are taxed to death to the point where they can't afford to put their schools in the more efficient private schools.

]]> By: Leonidas56 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-10846 Leonidas56 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:58:44 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-10846 I'm sorry, but when the teacher's union and liberals, who got their hands on the New Mexican taxpayers money, they promised us that all that money would transmit into increased scores. <br><br>There were no conditions such as "well don't expect much due to the poverty".<br><br>It must be nice being a liberal and not having to be held accountable to their promises. I'm sorry, but when the teacher's union and liberals, who got their hands on the New Mexican taxpayers money, they promised us that all that money would transmit into increased scores.

There were no conditions such as “well don't expect much due to the poverty”.

It must be nice being a liberal and not having to be held accountable to their promises.

]]> By: Leonidas56 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-10647 Leonidas56 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:40:42 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-10647 Keep reaching Benito. Keep reaching. <br><br>Russell just blew the entire concept that spending more money per pupil equates to better school performance. Keep reaching Benito. Keep reaching.

Russell just blew the entire concept that spending more money per pupil equates to better school performance.

]]> By: Leonidas56 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-10510 Leonidas56 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:16:58 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-10510 They had to kill it quickly before it showed just how horrible the public schools are. They had to kill it quickly before it showed just how horrible the public schools are.

]]> By: ched_macquigg http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-10208 ched_macquigg Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:11:39 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-10208 "Of course, the program had to be killed because it could educate the children of DC"<br><br>do you sometimes wish your computer had an "unsend" key? “Of course, the program had to be killed because it could educate the children of DC”

do you sometimes wish your computer had an “unsend” key?

]]> By: Leonidas56 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-9694 Leonidas56 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:08:05 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-9694 Wrong. DC had a voucher program, until the Democrats killed it. Let's look at the statistics, instead of liberal pablum?<br><br><I>The five-year-old, federally funded voucher program serves about 1,800 schoolchildren—80 percent of whom are African-American, from homes with an average family income of $23,000 a year. The program spends just $7,500 per student, about half the per-pupil allocation for the local public school system, which ranked last in math and second-to-last in reading among all the nation’s urban public schools in 2007, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Though studies so far haven’t shown that the voucher program improves its students’ educational outcomes, having the alternative available certainly doesn’t hurt, and researchers at Georgetown University found a 90 percent parental satisfaction rate for it. Thousands of parents occupy spots on the waiting list.</I><br><br><br>There you have it, 90% satisfaction rate, waiting list of THOUSANDS to get their children out of the horrid public (I know saying horrid and public is redundant, please forgive me), and guys like Ched and New_Mexican continue to spin lies and distortions.<br><br>Of course, the program had to be killed because it could educate the children of DC, most earning only $23,000 a year (so much for Ched's failed hypothesis), at 50% of the cost and do it better. <br><br>Reality sucks for liberals. It must be tough having to lie about just about everything to get through the day. <br><br><br><a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2009/eon0304ja.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.city-journal.org/2009/eon0304ja.html</a> Wrong. DC had a voucher program, until the Democrats killed it. Let's look at the statistics, instead of liberal pablum?

The five-year-old, federally funded voucher program serves about 1,800 schoolchildren—80 percent of whom are African-American, from homes with an average family income of $23,000 a year. The program spends just $7,500 per student, about half the per-pupil allocation for the local public school system, which ranked last in math and second-to-last in reading among all the nation’s urban public schools in 2007, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Though studies so far haven’t shown that the voucher program improves its students’ educational outcomes, having the alternative available certainly doesn’t hurt, and researchers at Georgetown University found a 90 percent parental satisfaction rate for it. Thousands of parents occupy spots on the waiting list.

There you have it, 90% satisfaction rate, waiting list of THOUSANDS to get their children out of the horrid public (I know saying horrid and public is redundant, please forgive me), and guys like Ched and New_Mexican continue to spin lies and distortions.

Of course, the program had to be killed because it could educate the children of DC, most earning only $23,000 a year (so much for Ched's failed hypothesis), at 50% of the cost and do it better.

Reality sucks for liberals. It must be tough having to lie about just about everything to get through the day.

http://www.city-journal.org/2009/eon0304ja.html

]]> By: srsjones825 http://newmexicoindependent.com/37621/throw-enough-money-at-johnny-and-surely-he%e2%80%99ll-read#comment-9364 srsjones825 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:33:53 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=37621#comment-9364 I agree that we need public education, and that a democratic republic must have and educated populace. I also agree that we must have an educated workforce to compete in a global economy. Here, of course, is where conservatives usually go off the tracks. They believe that we can remain an economic super-power with a stratified economy that divides access to primary education, health care, access to college, training for trade skills and everything else by class. This is a fine formula for becoming Argentina.<br><br>We do need to experiment with new methods of education, however, the old factory school paradigm doesn't necessarily work any longer. I agree that we need public education, and that a democratic republic must have and educated populace. I also agree that we must have an educated workforce to compete in a global economy. Here, of course, is where conservatives usually go off the tracks. They believe that we can remain an economic super-power with a stratified economy that divides access to primary education, health care, access to college, training for trade skills and everything else by class. This is a fine formula for becoming Argentina.

We do need to experiment with new methods of education, however, the old factory school paradigm doesn't necessarily work any longer.

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