[Lunatic Fringe]

You my friend are not a conservative. No conservative in their right mind believes money is the solution for education. That is a propaganda spew straight from the teacher's unions. John Stossel just did an excellent expose on the myth of 'more money'...check it out. Also Ann Colter dispel's the mythology of higher teacher salaries in her newest book 'Godless'...lol

Fortunately, I don't depend on Ann Coulter or John Stossel for my opinions. I have my own.

OF COURSE money is the solution to the problem. In order to get the best performance for people, you must spend money. Did you know of all the major 4-year degrees, Education is in the bottom 10% in terms of salary? What kind of engineers or accountants or programmers would this nation have if they got crap pay?

Who are the best teachers in the country? The ones who teach at private schools.

I bet you support the money we spend on the military, so I'm thinking you selectively support big government spending. That's fine, because I feel the same. We should spend as much money as we need on two things: defense, and education.

[penelopesire]

"What kind of engineers or accountants or programmers would this nation have if they got crap pay?"

What engineers and doctors work 7 hours a day and get the entire summer off?

[half-cajun]

Don't quite know why you note that private school teachers are the best because it doensn't support your argument that we need to pay public school teachers more. Private school teachers are paid less than public ones.