Re: Idaho sales tax exemptions

["Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>]

Kelley wrote:
> You got enough money back to buy an extra pair of sneakers or two.
>
> This is Idaho.  Everyone knows that a pair of extra sneakers beats a
quality
> education.

Logical Fallacy of the False Dilemma.

In reality, there is a reverse correlation between spending money for
schools and results (if you would like to see all the formal studies that
support this, contact me off-list; I'd hate to overwhelm our pro-government
school liberals with research data).

But throwing more money at the problem does make us feel better about
ourselves.

> Quality education makes you more like them U.N.-sponsored
> Chinese communists that are trying to cross over the border and take away
> our guns.

Certainly keeping ourselves poor and ignorant will keep those pesky
UN-sponsored communists away...

Dale Courtney
Moscow, Idaho