Who said anything about private industry.
Why not expect excellence out of your local government?
Why not expect citizens to purchase health insurance instead of buying or leasing a car every two or three years?
I've told the story many times about the customers of the East St. Louis Pharmacy my wife worked for several years ago. Seems many of the public aid patients had really nice cars, but no "income" when it came to qualify for public aid.
I've posted here the FACTS about more money being spent on East St. Louis schools than other schools, yet we hear the bleating about how minority students are short-changed in the education arena. The facts presented demonstrate that they have better stats when it comes to money/student spent as well as student/teacher ratios, yet their test scores and graduation rates don't reflect this.
This tells me it is not a money issue, but a problem in the community. No amount of money will fix these sorts of problems.
So the folks in East St. Louis have to decide that THEY are going to be serious about the education of their children. Until that happens, it doesn't matter how many federal programs are created.
Thus, I still contend, these problems are best solved locally.
Ditto for economic concerns. Central planning was a disaster in the former Soviet Union, why do we now think the federal government can or should try to fix our economy?
TB
