News (Media Awareness Project) - US TX: PUB LTE: Conflicting Priorities |
| Title: | US TX: PUB LTE: Conflicting Priorities |
| Published On: | 2001-05-12 |
| Source: | Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (TX) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 20:00:36 |
CONFLICTING PRIORITIES
Every survey shows that education is the No. 1 priority for this state and
nation. Yet we read that in Texas we are short 40,000 teachers (Tuesday
news story, "State insurance for teachers advances").
To address this crucial shortage, Texas will offer an insurance plan to
teachers that resembles "a used Chevrolet," said state Sen. Teel Bivins.
There is no doubt in my mind that the No. 1 priority in Texas is building
and maintaining more prisons. The drug war fills them up, and our resources
go to lock up all the Robert Downey Jr.'s of the world.
What a waste of my tax dollars.
Howard J. Woodridge Keller
Every survey shows that education is the No. 1 priority for this state and
nation. Yet we read that in Texas we are short 40,000 teachers (Tuesday
news story, "State insurance for teachers advances").
To address this crucial shortage, Texas will offer an insurance plan to
teachers that resembles "a used Chevrolet," said state Sen. Teel Bivins.
There is no doubt in my mind that the No. 1 priority in Texas is building
and maintaining more prisons. The drug war fills them up, and our resources
go to lock up all the Robert Downey Jr.'s of the world.
What a waste of my tax dollars.
Howard J. Woodridge Keller
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