[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> 
> Stanford is the other half, AFAIK it get's a lot of money from the US
> government in the form of research contracts and grants.
> Due to propsition 13, (limit on property taxes to sitting owners), the
> educational system in California has for many years now been unable to
> provide the students with the level of mathematics and hard science
> they needed for the education needed to fuel the technology growth.
> 
> Perhaps, a special technology tax (or tax re-alignment) is needed to
> fund these schools.
> Geoff.

California gets a huge amount of money per-taxpayer.

Prop 13 is a red herring - it it hated by those in govt because it
places a hard limit on  their ability to tax people.

They certainly have the ability, just not the desire, to fully fund hard
science and math; but why would they?

The purpose of California's govt is to create and extend further
dependency on the nanny state; presumably math and science courses would
work against that.

This is why you never hear about funding problems with "Women's Studies"
or po-mo courses on Ice Weasel Pornography or whatnot.

Example, CA spends over $10 B per year on providing services to illegals
- simply cracking down on even 10 % of the illegal immigration would
easily free up $1B a year.

Govt creates a "Problem".
There is a "Reaction".
Govt steps in to offer a "Solution" that just so happens to increase
their power and control.

--Patrick