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Fixing Philadelphia's Population Loss: Try School Choice
The Bulletin ^ | 07/16/2008 | Chris Freind

Posted on 07/20/2008 8:02:35 AM PDT by wintertime

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I grew up in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. I attended Catholic parochial schools, Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing, Villanova University, and Temple University for graduate school.

Philly could be a **great** city. There is so much to recommend it....but...it is horrible place for a family to live and raise kids. The schools are abysmal and far too many of is neighborhoods are very dangerous.

I agree with the author. Two things would greatly help this city:

*School choice *Lowering taxes

Of course, if the city did that, Republicans might move in and start winning elections and the Demonrats can't have that!

1 posted on 07/20/2008 8:02:35 AM PDT by wintertime
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To: wintertime

The irony is that Obama wants kids going to the same public schools.

It’s McCain who is promoting school choice vouchers so that kids could pick better schools.


2 posted on 07/20/2008 8:08:56 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

Good jobs; Safe Neighborhoods; Great schools. What is so hard about that?


3 posted on 07/20/2008 8:14:08 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Southack

“The irony is that Obama wants kids going to the same public schools.”

It will be interesting to see if Obambi sends his kids to DC public schools.


4 posted on 07/20/2008 8:20:03 AM PDT by y6162
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To: All

You are looking at a microcosm of the USA if the Obots have their way...


5 posted on 07/20/2008 8:33:25 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: wintertime

To teach the legacy of the welfare state, we should drive 3rd grad students up and down market st and chestnut st.


6 posted on 07/20/2008 8:38:45 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: adopt4Christ; Amelia; MrB; Boiling point; capt. norm; Cincinnatus; Clintonfatigued; Coleus; ...
If you do not want to be contacted **please** let me know, and I will remove your name.

I have included your name on the list because, in the past, you have posted to me about education issues. I surely don’t wish to bother you, but I don’t want you to miss these education articles, either.

I will call this ping list:

“The All Opinions Welcome Government Education Ping List” !

7 posted on 07/20/2008 8:51:19 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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It will be interesting to see if Obambi sends his kids to DC public schools.

He's been a US Senator for 4 years already. Where do his kids go to school now?

8 posted on 07/20/2008 8:54:10 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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To: wintertime

Great article. I and thousands of others left Seattle to settle in cities nearby because of the forced busing idiocy the Democrats succumbed to in the 70s. Democrats do not face reality well, and they want to take away your and my freedoms so their form of Utopia can pervade our country. They have a mental disorder, though, and that is displayed by them not having the ability to determine that people will not put up with this stuff unless they absolutely must. And, yes, that includes moving out of a city “for the kids’ sake.” Seattle used to have 100,000 children in the schools. It now has 40,000 (one third do not graduate high school). And it has more dogs than kids.


9 posted on 07/20/2008 9:02:53 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: wintertime

Regarding Obama, someone asked him about the school his kids were attending (in Chicago before he was elected U.S. Senator???). He gave some lame excuse like “I used to teach there” and “it was five minutes from the house.”

Sure, Barak. We really believe that.


10 posted on 07/20/2008 9:05:44 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: spanalot
To teach the legacy of the welfare state, we should drive 3rd grad students up and down market st and chestnut st.
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I would add Broad St. and Germantown Ave. to the list.

11 posted on 07/20/2008 9:08:01 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: DennisR

Seattle used to have 100,000 children in the schools. It now has 40,000 (one third do not graduate high school). And it has more dogs than kids.

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There are government school defenders on Free Republic that insist that parents have choice. Their idea of “choice” is selling the house and moving! Only a government school defender could see this as a “choice”. I’d call it desperation!


12 posted on 07/20/2008 9:10:16 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: wintertime

There isn’t a thing that the government can’t ruin if it gets its hands on it.


13 posted on 07/20/2008 9:10:54 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: wintertime

Philadelphia’s onerous 4.2% wage tax forces people and jobs out of the city.


14 posted on 07/20/2008 9:11:56 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains...)
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To: metmom
There isn’t a thing that the government can’t ruin if it gets its hands on it.
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I surely agree. Ultimately we need complete separation of school and state.

15 posted on 07/20/2008 9:12:08 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: Fresh Wind

Philadelphia’s onerous 4.2% wage tax forces people and jobs out of the city.
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Wasn’t it as high as 6% at one time?


16 posted on 07/20/2008 9:12:56 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: y6162; Southack; wintertime; adopt4Christ; Amelia; MrB; Boiling point; capt. norm; Cincinnatus; ...
y6162:
It will be interesting to see if Obambi sends his kids to DC public schools.

Paleo Conservative:
He's been a US Senator for 4 years already. Where do his kids go to school now?

Here's what I found using Google.

The first listing was from WikiAnswers.

Q:Do Barack Obama's children attend public school?

A:No

the Chicago Tribune sums up some of their answers:

"My kids have gone to the University of Chicago Lab School, a private school, because I taught there," Obama responded. "It was five minutes from our house. So it was the best option for our kids."


17 posted on 07/20/2008 9:17:46 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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To: wintertime

I believe the highest Philadelphia’s wage tax has been was about 5% for residents, and $4.3% for non-residents.

With revenues anticipated from legalized casinos in Philadelphia, rates are promised to drop further to as low as 2.8%. Interestingly, for the first time, non-residents will have to pay more than residents starting about 2013.

Of course, most localities in the area have wage taxes of no more than 1%. Philadelphia has to keep its unions fed.

http://www.philadelphiaforward.org/node/25


18 posted on 07/20/2008 9:32:03 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains...)
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To: y6162

LOL...that will be the day...can’t have the “presumptive president’s kids” mingling with the common folk...


19 posted on 07/20/2008 9:34:39 AM PDT by phatus maximus (John 6:29...Learn it, love it, live it...)
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To: phatus maximus

Amy Carter went to a government high school.


20 posted on 07/20/2008 9:37:46 AM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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