Thread: The Pot Calls the Kettle Black - Gore Says Media Too Conservative!!!
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Old 06-20-2003, 09:53 AM   #16 (permalink)
Sparhawk
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Quote:
Originally posted by geep
Yours! The amount that the federal and state governments spent on education last year totaled almost $580 Billion. That does not include local levies in some states which conservative estimates place at around an additional 25% ($145 Billion), Making the grand total $725 Billion dollars pushed around by the teachers union. That's about 18 Bill Gates.The total estimated worth of the top 25 billionares according to Forbes is around $390 Billion. (And that includes some non-americans!)
Since you're so hip with the figures figure I'll ask a couple questions:

What's the percentage of that figure that goes towards teacher salaries?
What's the percentage of teachers that belong to unions?

I think your 725 Billion is going to shrink considerably after those two questions get answered...
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