Another Financial Resource

Hello,

It has been a while since I have posted here & due to time constraints I
have condenced this message some what, & not elaborated more on certain
points. Perhaps I will post a few follow ups.

Another untapped financial resource for lunar exploration:

Despite the overwheling rejection of my last post with regards to
encouraging individuals to e-mail corporations encouraging them to try to
finance space & lunar exploration projects, I thought I would post
information about another great potential financial resource.

An additional untapped financial resource is the $400 billion we spend each
year on the public school system (pss) in the U.S. This figure does not
include additional billions spent on colleges, private schools, trade
schools, & the Department of Education ($52 billion). Ten per cent or 40
Billion dollars goes to new construction.

Let me explain this to you even though every one knows it but will not admit
it to themselves. First of all our PSS is a total failure, & this is despite
the large amounts of expenditures. I want to point out that just because a
student goes throught the pss & becomes a doctor, an accountant or a
successfull business person still does not mean that our pss is a success.
If any thing it is the good students who are harmed the most by it.

So we believe that if we just keep throwing money at a flawed process that
it will fix the problem. One of the reasons it is a flawed system is that
teachers spend a majority of their time just trying to maintain order in the
classroom.

One way to do this is to promote the use of vouchers. Another way is to cut
teachers salaries in half.

Just about every one knows deep down inside that if we keep having inflation
that cut backs will have to be made. No one wants to face this reality even
though we know it is true. Inflation will bring about cut backs which will
force it on to the internet.

What can be done? Write Or email your state politicians demanding that less
money be spent on education. Also write them requesting that teachers
salaries be cut. Better yet, just request that they scrap the entire pss &
transform it over to the internet.

Also write the President requesting an end to the Dept. of Education. Doing
this alone will free up enough funds to carry out a successfull plan of
Lunar exploration & still have alot left over.

Joel

Taking public money from one public purpose - public schools - to spend
it on a dubious public purpose - space development - is a non-starter.
Here's how we should proceed;

Also, while schools can be improved, they are not the shambles you make
them out to be. Millions of people are well educated each year by it,
and tens of millions of people are adequately educated each year by it
- sufficient to maintain the US as one of the greatest nations on
Earth. People come here in part for our excellent colleges and free
universal education.

Nevertheless, here is a list of things that would benefit schools
directly if adopted;

IN SCHOOLS - send money back to the parents in the form of vouchers
who then have the right to spend it how they wish, where they wish -
allow schools to compete for these resources
- require schools to follow accounting procedures
businesses must follow and publish the results of this record keeping
- require schools to keep track of their
performance and accurately report this publicly - just as food
producers must tell you what you are getting, schools should to.
- require schools to operate 12 months out of the
year - with 4 hour days - schools are not baby sitters, schools are not
providers of health care, food, or other parental services - and
children no longer help with harvest - ending antiquated notions will
improve capital efficiency of schools and improve the quality of
service rendered.
- change work rules and other bureaucratic
limitations that restrict education automation - release the power of
the internet to provide constant learning to all learners - and provide
lifelong learning opportunities to all who desire them - it is not the
role of schools to make sure text book publishers and others maintain a
profit.
- reduce or eliminate taxes to those who make
money by investing in education innovation

Our space program needs significant changes- here is what would release
the power of the market to fund development of core space technology

SPACE - convert NASA to a service organization meeting the needs of
qualified commercial space operators
- use NASA libraries and labs to support this service role
- making it available to all qalified users and operators
- allow the commercial leasing of space bodies and
interplanetary and cislunar space - lease payments support NASA
operations
- provide for reduced or elimiated taxes to investors in
new space technologies

The market would then take the lead in creating ever greater space
faring capacities.

At this point, the power of the market will create the needed changes
in delivery of education.

Mr.XyZ wrote:
Hello,

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One way to do this is to promote the use of vouchers. Another way is to cut
teachers salaries in half.



"Cut the teachers salaries in half."

THAT IS A VERY BRIGHT IDEA!!!!

Let's start with YOUR salary man. Today. We can always do
the teacher's tomorrow.

Done deal?