I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru
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Fri, 03-14-2008 - 8:22pm
I got this as a joke.....but if it's true then how funny is it?!?!?


Wacky Americans

- We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last dime we have to make the down payment on a car.

- We whip the enemy in battle, then give them the shirt off our backs.

- We yell for speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.

- Americans get scared to death if we vote a billion dollars for education, then are unconcerned when we find out we are spending three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.

- We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and National Leagues but don't know half the words in the "Star Spangled Banner".

- We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for lost time.

- We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old son run wild.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 6:23pm

Who told you you have not right to those services?

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:12pm

Wow -- that interests me so much. So do you think your children get enough 'social' time through their various extra curricular activities?


That's a big concern of mine.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:14pm

I've noticed (not just on this post) that you REALLY want everyone to know that we all benefit from the public school system.


I got it.


Now...moving on. I don't really care HOW the government does the bookkeeping of my tax dollars, but I dang sure better be able to place my child into public school sports if I want to. Even if he's homeschooled.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:16pm
If she takes advantage of the public school system for some things, SHE is not shortchanging any kids. The government might be...and that is something they need to work out. She pays her taxes and her child has a RIGHT to participate.
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:19pm

>>I've noticed (not just on this post) that you REALLY want everyone to know that we all benefit from the public school system.


I got it.<<


I'm glad you "got it" because that certainly has not been apparent from your posts, not when you complain about fairness.


>>Now...moving on. I don't really care HOW the government does the bookkeeping of my tax dollars, but I dang sure better be able to place my child into public school sports if I want to. Even if he's homeschooled.<<


Moving on?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:23pm

And I've never suggested for a moment she doesn't have that right, simply that is DOES cost the other children.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 7:34pm

I understand the school of thinking that you come from...ok?


But that does not make me a bad person...because I think my child should be able to particpate in something that my tax dollars pay for.


Like I said, HOW the government pays for it is not my problem. And I know you'll say that's selfish and blah blah blah. It's not selfish to get what you pay for. If you pay for dinner for 4 at a restaurant and you only get served 2 of the meals...you have every right to ask for (and get) the two meals that weren't given to you. Either that, or you don't have to pay for the two meals.


Same principal with homeschooled kids and public school events.


iVillage Member
Registered: 03-24-2005
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 8:20pm

Why am I shortchanging other children?


Did their parents pay? I did.


The way I see it, if my kids aren't allowed to participate, MY kids are getting shortchanged. What am I getting for my money? I am getting ripped off.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2008
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 8:54pm

I didn't say you were a bad person, I said you have a convenient argument.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2007
Wed, 03-19-2008 - 9:14pm

I would suppose all this depends on your school district.

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