[AAACE-NLA] The Iraq War vs Literacy of All US Citizens
Anita Landoll
amlandoll at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 1 14:22:54 EST 2004
Tell me about it. I am a citizen of a red state that
is still in mourning... Anita learntoreadnow.com
--- AWilder106 at aol.com wrote:
> We may not want to go here...there is no one to one
> transfer of money from one pot to the other
>
> The whole process of allocating money is out of
> whack.
>
> 1) long term commitments are being cut--adult
> literacy, housing subsidies, for example
>
> 2) special interest money bills are being approved
>
> 3) taxes haven't been raised to pay for the war
>
> This is a massive shift in the financial "vision"
> for this country.
>
> Results:
>
> 1) declining investment in human infrastructure
> 2) increase in poverty
>
> Add to this:
>
> 1) pension defaults
> 2) rising health costs
>
> Then there's the future...social security "reform."
>
> In our future...much less money for adult literacy
> if the above holds true.
>
> Andrea
>
>
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