[Vision2020] MSD Pay and Tenure--a reply
Dale Courtney
dale@courtneys.us
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:19:56 -0700
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Donovan wrote:
> They want to believe that MSD is wasteful, greedy, and incompetent
No, I never said that.
> for
>one basic reason, property taxes. Property taxes are outrageous and
>extremely painful for most people in Moscow
Uh, yea. You noticed. Let's see -- 50% of our property taxes to directly =
to
the MSD coffer.
And this is how *you* explain that:
> because our inability to build smart, affordable housing.
Ah! The lack of smart, affordable housing has caused my property taxes =
to
MSD to bloat from all those levies .
As they say in California: "yea, uh-huh, whatever".
The argument just continues to fall apart from there:
>Just like vouchers are way out for people not to work
>with the community to better the local educational system.
>With vouchers, they can relieve themselves of the responsibility
>of working in the community by benefiting from the labor of others
>who worked to make their community a better place with better
>schools.
This is also a *very* interesting argument. If there were vouchers, just
*where* would those kids go to school? In the local community (as =
opposed to
Donovan's thinking, I guess, of bussing them out of state).
It's absolutely *ridiculous* thinking that the only way you are going to =
get
community involvement is by having government schools. That's absolutely
backwards from reality.=20
As has been pointed out many times, competition in education drives =
prices
down and quality up. Monopolies are always the worst possible option.=20
What the liberals are *really* afraid of is that parent will have =
educational
choice -- and parents may not choose what the liberals are feeding.
This would probably only *really* hit home if every MSD parent had to =
write a check for $1,000 every month of the school year (since the cost =
at MSD is over $8,000 per child). I think if parents knew what was being =
charged for the education they are getting, there would be quite the =
little uproar.=20
Best,
Dale Courtney
Moscow, Idaho
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<DIV>Donovan wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> They want to believe that MSD is wasteful, greedy, and=20
incompetent<BR><BR>No, I never said that.<BR><BR>> for<BR>>one =
basic=20
reason, property taxes. Property taxes are outrageous =
and<BR>>extremely=20
painful for most people in Moscow<BR><BR>Uh, yea. You noticed. Let's see =
-- 50%=20
of our property taxes to directly to<BR>the MSD coffer.<BR><BR>And this =
is how=20
*you* explain that:<BR>> because our inability to build smart, =
affordable=20
housing.<BR><BR>Ah! The lack of smart, affordable housing has caused my =
property=20
taxes to<BR>MSD to bloat from all those levies .<BR><BR>As they say in=20
California: "yea, uh-huh, whatever".<BR><BR>The argument just continues =
to fall=20
apart from there:<BR><BR>>Just like vouchers are way out for people =
not to=20
work<BR>>with the community to better the local educational=20
system.<BR>>With vouchers, they can relieve themselves of the=20
responsibility<BR>>of working in the community by benefiting from the =
labor=20
of others<BR>>who worked to make their community a better place with=20
better<BR>>schools.<BR><BR>This is also a *very* interesting =
argument. If=20
there were vouchers, just<BR>*where* would those kids go to school? In =
the local=20
community (as opposed to<BR>Donovan's thinking, I guess, of bussing them =
out of=20
state).<BR><BR>It's absolutely *ridiculous* thinking that the only way =
you are=20
going to get<BR>community involvement is by having government schools. =
That's=20
absolutely<BR>backwards from reality. <BR><BR>As has been pointed out =
many=20
times, competition in education drives prices<BR>down and quality up. =
Monopolies=20
are always the worst possible option. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What the liberals are *really* afraid of is that parent will have=20
educational<BR>choice -- and parents may not choose what the liberals =
are=20
feeding.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This would probably only *really* hit home if every MSD parent had =
to write=20
a check for $1,000 every month of the school year (since the cost at MSD =
is over=20
$8,000 per child). I think if parents knew what was being charged for =
the=20
education they are getting, there would be quite the little uproar. =
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,<BR>Dale Courtney</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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