tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3466262125578389017..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: The Joke Is On You: The Latest Public Safety Tax Is Being Used For Pre-K EducationGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49976576902532690332014-11-05T08:50:56.210-05:002014-11-05T08:50:56.210-05:00Most of the kids they claim to want to help have a...Most of the kids they claim to want to help have already been eligible for Head Start for the past 50 years. Who do you think attends Head Start? Go look at the inner city teens who turn into career criminals and you will find that most of them grew up in single-parent households who sent them to Head Start. They want to expand participation in existing federally-funded Head Start program. Think about that. Follow the money. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8188045376332066142014-11-05T08:43:22.144-05:002014-11-05T08:43:22.144-05:00I'm not sure how this point could seem to be s...I'm not sure how this point could seem to be so lost on you. To the people moving the money around, Pre-K education IS a public safety issue. To their minds, they're reducing the number of adorable black toddlers who will grow into vicious thugs. <br /><br />While I agree with you that the motives are insincere and the plan, in the long-run, will leave many other important problems neglected, you have to admit, if they're going cloak their money-grabbing behind something, they can't do better than the pretense of helping toddlers. I don't think you're going to change anything by arguing that those who fall into this "think about the children" trap (myself included) are somehow being fooled, as your headline implies. Ultimately, the kids will get <i>something</i> out of the deal, even if the profiteers get more, and the rest of us get less. Who would want to take the little the kids do end up with away from them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com