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One Way to Take Care of Business
If one person wins tonight's Mega Millions jackpot, they'll be taking home $8.15 million over the next 26 years, or $138 million if taken in one lump sum, according to a California State Lottery official. Of course, these numbers could be higher depending on sales today (and if you are going to buy, you must by 7:45 p.m. as the drawing will be 10 minutes later). And since today is election day, it should be noted that on May 19th--our next election--we will be voting on Prop 1C, otherwise known as the Lottery Modernization Act. If passed, it would allow the state to borrow (or "raid" as some would say) $5 billion from lottery revenues for purposes other than education. The lottery currently raises $1 billion for schools annually.
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Thanks for the reminder. I haven't bought lotto tickets for the past two years...
A billion dollars annually? Where the FUCK is that money going? Cuz it damn sure aint the public school system.
Click on the "raises $1 billion for schools" link, caliking01. It says the $132 per pupil (total of $1 billion) goes largely to teachers' salaries and classroom materials. But funds also go to community colleges, UC's, Cal States, and Dept. of Correction (juvenile and adult) education.
And why do you think this isn't going to the public school system? Because your local schools don't seem rich? Because $1 billion spread over millions of kids 180 days out of the year doesn't result in gold-plated name tags?
Cuz fucking roof's are leaking and kids are sharing textbooks, asshole.
I'm not telling you roofs aren't leaking and kids don't need textbooks, caliking01. I'm telling you that this money IS going to the public schools, but it's just a fraction of what's needed. Your original comment ("Where the FUCK is that money going?") sounded a lot like people who complain that school districts get billions, but the buildings are run-down, so what the hell are they doing with it all, blowing it in Vegas?
I just get tired of that complaint ("Where's all my money going? I don't see it anywhere!") because it ignores the reality that quality education is expensive. We should spend more money, not less. Wasteful spending is part of the problem (which I guess is what you were criticizing?), but CA is still 47th in the U.S. in per-pupil spending, and that's really the problem.
Folks like CaliKing love to rant and rave over a headline that has little substance, but is heavy on hype. Why bother reading or investigating when you can piss blue lightening over bullshit?
Ha! No winners. What's it gonna be this Friday?
You fucks obviously haven't been through the LAUSD system. Morons.
community college students pay around 500 dollars a semester on avg. if they did not have government subsidies, the cost of tuition could rise easily to 6k-11k per student. that's a lot...