Why is U.S. happy with education status quo?
In the modern society where science and technology is changing life so fast, education — the right kind of education — is absolutely essential. The basis for college education begins in the elementary school and it is only in the last year or two of high school that students make a choice for their future career.
However, K-12 education in the United States is still being funded through property tax, as was the case in the 18th century. Other industrialized nations fully fund their schools with general tax revenue and thus all schools receive necessary funding. In the United States, however, schools situated in relatively less expensive real estate get left behind, and yet this is where more resources are needed. Even in relatively affluent areas, teachers either spend money from their own pocket or rely on the supply from concerned parents.
Why do our legislators either remain oblivious to the current state of education or just stay happy with the status quo?
PAVITTAR SAFIR, ROSWELL
Krugman lacks evidence for Comey claims
Paul Krugman has, yet again, made a totally unsubstantiated declaration and expounds on his faulty assertion without ever attempting to validate his claim (“Too many Republicans are thinking like Judas,” Opinion, May 15). Krugman states “Everyone understands that Comey was fired not because of his misdeeds during the campaign but because his probe of Russian connections with the Trump campaign was accelerating and, presumably, getting too close to home.”
Everyone understands this? It wasn’t because of Comey superseding the Attorney General’s role and overstepping his role in the Clinton investigation? It wasn’t because the FBI staff lost confidence in Comey for his Clinton fiasco?
It is obvious Krugman has no proof of his claim since he made absolutely no attempt to support it. This erases any credibility he thinks he has.
RUSTY RUSHTON, MABLETON
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