Now that's what I call "Distance Learning"

Your tax dollars at work play:

(h/t Robert Stacy McCain)

I'll bet that for every Democrat who says government spending can't be cut I can find a thousand of these boondoggles scattered hither and yon within the federal leviathon.

Is sending inner city kids on a tropical vacation a cool idea? Absolutely.

Is it something we can afford to do given the current economic and budgetary outlook? Um, no.

So before anybody starts prattling on again about "raising revenues" how about we first scour the budget and purge each and every one of these potentially worthy but non-essential line items. The times, they have a-changed. Caribbean vacations are a luxury, and the luxury fund is bone dry.

But there might be a way for those Philly high-schoolers to still enjoy a week of educational beachfront seminars, if they're willing to work a little. Ask the band kids how it's done. They sell candy, wash cars, mow lawns, rake leaves, and pretty much do whatever it takes to raise the cash to finance their trips. And you know what, they appreciate it more because they earned it.

Hey, that's a lesson that just might come in handy later on in life!

Posted at 14:37 by Chris Wysocki   [/education]   Comments | Perm Link |
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