Math is your friend, put it to some use. In the last 4 years, 160 million $ out of $14 billion comes out to barely a reduction of 1%. Anyone who thinks that 1% is the difference between the destruction of New Orleans and a safe dry city is nuts.
Small wonder the NEA wants to keep us all stupid.
No offense, my FRiend, but as much as I hate the NEA, you should check your reading abilities before throwing stones. It's "underfunded at $40 million a year" not "underfunded by $40 million a year"...in other words, only 1% of the funding that would have been required (costs are far higher now, though, because of the underfunding in the past). (Note, though, that the actual original ANNUAL estimate was $470 million, for 30 years....therefore, it received 3% of the required budget to protect the area.)
My problem is not with the numbers or requirements. It's with the Federal Government being asked to fund this.
Looks like they took pieces of Sid the Snakes editorial overseas.
Can't even think for themselves.
"Math is your friend, put it to some use."
A well crafted line.
As for your NEA slam, having developed and taught teacher continuing education programs for the fourth largest public scruel system in America, all I can say is that you approach an English level of understatement.
GG