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aklim · #1 07-07-2013, 12:08 AM

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What the blue fawk does the Oregon Department of Education have to do with the Federal Department of Energy?

There are vast differences in corruption and competence levels between different governments and even between agencies in the same government. Compare Minneapolis to Detroit city government. Switzerland to Zimbabwe .. get the idea?

Who will write the rules for the Dept of Education to follow? The Australians? I'd have a little more faith in them.

spdrun · #2 07-07-2013, 12:12 AM

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Who will write the rules for the Dept of Education to follow? The Australians? I'd have a little more faith in them.

Presumably the Oregon state legislature.

aklim · #3 07-07-2013, 12:17 AM

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Presumably the Oregon state legislature.

I see your point. They could NEVER divert money or do something for political gains. Like the battered wife, this time it will be different.

spdrun · #4 07-07-2013, 12:24 AM

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I see your point. They could NEVER divert money or do something for political gains. Like the battered wife, this time it will be different.

Are you proposing no public services at all, since money could be diverted? Hope you have a large water tank on hand if you have a house fire.

aklim · #5 07-07-2013, 12:28 AM

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Are you proposing no public services at all, since money could be diverted? Hope you have a large water tank on hand if you have a house fire.

I'm saying that they cannot handle their responsibilities in a trustworthy manner. Why give more gasoline to the fire?

spdrun · #6 07-07-2013, 12:32 AM

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I'm saying that they cannot handle their responsibilities in a trustworthy manner. Why give more gasoline to the fire?

Who says that we are? Public education is already subsidized, this is just a different mechanism.

Why not put out the fire entirely? No public services. Hell, abolish the state of Oregon entirely

aklim · #7 07-07-2013, 12:35 AM

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Who says that we are? Public education is already subsidized, this is just a different mechanism.

Why not put out the fire entirely. No public services. Hell, abolish the state of Oregon entirely

This is an entirely new mechanism. One that based on recent history is doomed to being another Fannie and Freddie. We'd be paying for it later on and in spades.

Since we are getting ridiculous, why not do that with the human race? Mother Earth will be better off for it.