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Comment on: Texas holds line on spending, but poor have suffered at 10/25/2010 11:32 PM CDT


Most of the increases in poverty claimed by this author, are side effects of illegal immigration. That is not our fault. The illegal immigration problem is the federal gov.'s fault.

.As for primary and secondary education, all we as a society, owe our children is transportation to and from school, a class room, books, and competent teachers. Individual families owe more, but as far as the government goes; That is it. It is up to the students if they want to take advantage of our educational system.

.Anyway, if you look at middle to upper class areas alone, their education is competitive with the rest of the country, and in fact the world.

.Higher education is not a right, and students should have to work for it. Even socialist countries in Europe do not guarantee higher educations for all. You have to score high enough on state exams to get a college education.

.Most students could go to college, if they really wanted to. I didn't have money for college either. So I joined the Army from Texas, and when I came back, Governor Perry paid for my education. ...But no. Kids do not want to support their country. They would rather burn our flag and complain how unfair we are to the rest of the world. I do not even want to hear them crying that they do not have the money for college. It has gotten old and tired.