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In a message dated 5/5/2011 8:15:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Spinozalens@aol.com writes:
Additional points. The corporatazation of education could have the same
effect it has had on medical care.
The United States has the most expensive
and one of the worst health care systems in the world. American health care
is so expensive millions of Americans have no access to even basic medical
treatment. This might be the effect of the corporatazation of education.
Giant corporations are to free markets as cats are to water., they always
create anti competitive structures in the interest of maximizing profits , the
same should be expected with the privatization of education. Will the
endpoint of this be that basic education will be a privilege of wealth as
medical care is now in the United States.
( except for seniors but soon to be
changed) The effect on educators will be lower salary and lack of job
security even as the cost of education spirals higher and higher in cost. No
democracy can function without an educated voting population.
But of course to
call the United States a functioning democracy involves creative writing.
However, the privatization of education can only makes things worst.
Bob Zannelli
In a message dated 5/4/2011 8:10:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bernardcleyet@redshift.com writes:
Thank you for posting this. We had a discussion related to this on DR Vic
Stenger's physics list.
This is exactly right. In the United States much
of
public policy is no longer under the guidance of any democratic process ,
but is completely controlled by powerful elites whose main incentive for
the policy they create is often naked self interest. Gated has a long
history
of unethical and criimnal behavior ( saved by the election of G Bush an
interesting fact) He is the last person in the world who should be
creating
policy on education.
Bob Zannelli
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