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Education

sulphurdunn

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5. That was no fuck up.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 04:59 PM

Nov 2014

It was a per-meditated scam, run on the people by their political lords. It's become the norm with public education as the mark. Big money for the taking, about 650 billion a year. What hedge fund grifter or billionaire looter could pass that up?

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"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers." [View all] Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 OP

Ooops. That's "Transportable Classroom Units". ( i.e. trailers) Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #1

Reminds me of when I was in real estate advertising. Occasionally one of our listings would be Louisiana1976 Nov 2014 #2

Another private industry fuck up, when will government learn to keep things in shop? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #3

That was no fuck up. sulphurdunn Nov 2014 #5

Amen.... daleanime Nov 2014 #9

When the voters wise up and stop electing those pushing it and stop approving initiatives for it. freshwest Nov 2014 #11

Corruption otherwise known as "privatization." JDPriestly Nov 2014 #4

Some good discussion and analysis of this here: Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #6

? irisblue Nov 2014 #7

K&R. Privatization fails again. Overseas Nov 2014 #8

Worked out pretty well for the looters. NBachers Nov 2014 #10