The Probst debacle: Throwing money at a problem doesn't solve it.

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Of all the many ways we waste money in government, the bizarre idea that more money will fix anything has to top the list.

When was the last time government solved any problem?  We spend billions on nonsensical transportation projects that solve nothing.  We waste billions on a public school system that cranks out bus fulls of drop outs and kids who have to take remedial classes to even begin their college education, even after they supposedly graduate; rife with teachers who insist on whining, bitching, moaning and complaining that they are underpaid, overworked and put upon, yet seemingly incapable of pulling the trigger, quitting, and doing something else with their lives that will make them the international successes they sacrifice so they can teach.  Bull.

The bill confuses motion with action, and does nothing to hold teachers accountable for their efforts in the classroom.

The problem isn't money.  It never has been.  The problem is the teachers.

Teachers don't care.  Once they have tenure, nothing else matters. 

It's a strange bill that is reality, will accomplish absolutely nothing... and will keep no one bent on leaving an increasingly worthless and irrelevant education system from doing so. 

The bill provides that if funds are appropriated in the budget to implement the cash grants, they would be awarded beginning with the 2011-12 school year. The House budget includes $6.4 million to launch the program and provide awards for two consecutive years.

“For that amount of money you can dramatically reduce the dropout rate across the state,” Probst said.

Bull.

And when this program fails, nothing will be done to defund it.

But I guarantee you one thing: our massive drop out rate of around 30% will not be impacted by this kind of effort and this is a waste of money, time and effort.

But it is a way to get teachers more money, and which leftist can be opposed to that?
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