October 15, 2012
-
Democrat Group: School Vouchers Could Kill High School Football - NewsRadio 1200 WOAI, San Antonio
Schools might need to spend money on EDUCATION, not sports. Naturally, all those inbred redneck Republicans are opposed to this, and... wait, it's Democratic progressives? (Seems to me that all tax money given to schools should go first to core education (language, math, science, history, etc.) , and, if anything is left over, to cultural education -- music, art, etc. Sports, which are not part of education at all, should be funded by bake sale or private donations, never by tax dollars. In a perfect world, nothing would be funded by tax dollars, but we live in an imperfect world, and since the odds of eliminating taxation altogether are pretty much nil, it makes more sense to focus on spending the money appropriately. If you can't stop Don Vinnie from shaking you down for protection money, you can at least try to demand he provide protection.)
Comments (1)
I agree completely. It's not just the cost of running the sports, it's also the extra size of the school grounds and associated maintenance needed for the sports facilities. Even if it is taxpayer-funded, why should it be done under the auspices of the education system? Let the local Parks & Recreation folks handle it. P.E. certainly didn't nudge me to be more physically-active later in life. If anything, I probably have a lower opinion of sports than I otherwise would have, due them being associated in my formative years with over-muscled, under-brained jocks. One hour per school day down the toilet.