[Aggie Mama]

Romney, a Republican who is exploring a presidential run, wants to invest in education with laptop computers for 500,000 students to cost $54 million over two years;

Why do students need laptops? I bought my first laptop 2 yrs ago when I turned 33. Why on earth does the government need to provide laptops to students?

[unixfox]

Why on earth does the government need to provide laptops to students?

Here's how it works. They tell you it will cost 54 million to PURCHASE the computers over two years.

What they DON'T tell you is the number of additional people (union workers) they will have to hire to maintain those 500,000 computers. In other words, they will have to create new departments with probably hundreds of employees that will begin sucking off the government tit and drawing from our pockets!

Consider it a growth industry.