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re: Zuckerberg Gave NJ $100 Million To Fix Newark's Schools -- It Was Wasted!
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:52 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:52 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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20 million dollars on consulting isnt out of whack?
Obviously it depends on what they are doing. That number by itself isn't surprising though.
Would you prefer the government hire its own full-time experts and pay them a government salary and benefits until they die? Because that would be the alternative option when the government lacks the expertise to do something itself.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 7:53 am
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:56 am to SpidermanTUba
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Would you prefer the government hire its own full-time experts and pay them a government salary and benefits until they die? Because that would be the alternative option when the government lacks the expertise to do something itself.
No, but thats no worse waste than what happened here. Common sense is what's missing from government solutions. They form a committee to hire a group to form a group to hire a group to pay a group to pay another group to figure out what to do. Then the money's all gone and you cant afford to fix the problem.
It doesnt cost 20 million to figure out what needs to be fixed. (see my addition to my earlier post)
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 7:58 am
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:57 am to SpidermanTUba
quote:You are correct regarding the fact hiring a full time person would be more expensive. A lot of folks don't get that when they see wages for government contractors.
Would you prefer the government hire its own full-time experts and pay them a government salary and benefits until they die? Because that would be the alternative option when the government lacks the expertise to do something itself.
That said, regarding the OP. This is a classic example of the left's misguided belief that the fundamental problem with our education system is a matter of dollars. There really is no rational way to come to that conclusion when one looks at our per student expenditures from one place to the next and then compares them with results within similar places.
No one likes to admit it, but the reality is, if one constructed a color coded map for what are supposedly the "best school systems", it really just looks like a demographic map of the United States.
Throwing money at that wont change it.
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