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![]() Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: The GA Hope Scholarship still provides tuition to B students. More for your information: September 2003 - Perdue pushes to tie HOPE to SAT scores, threatening to cut the number of eligible students in half. January 2004 - Perdue unilaterally cuts HOPE funds May 2004 - Perdue backs efforts to retroactively limit HOPE benefits February 2005 - Perdue raids HOPE funds for pet project |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:00:24 -0500, "ACP" wrote: Is the lottery a tax? Of course it is. The lottery is the tax on stupidity and dispair. But it's for the children. |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: basskisser wrote: ACP wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: "ACP" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... jps wrote: In article . com, says... Bert Robbins wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... That's the key - can they actually do something with nothing. Can they keep the economic momentum moving in a positive direction, can they actually come up with a good plan to get us out of the mess in Iraq and I think even more importantly, can they actually emulate the Republicans and toe the party line without inter-party squabbling they are famous for. More importantly than that is this - can they do it without reducing the economic power of the middle class by staying away from taxes and more entitlement programs. It will be an interesting couple of years. How many think that we will be sinking into a deep recession by this time next year? Unfortunately, I do. The recession has already started. Then it's the republican's fault!! BK, you haven't been paying attention. It's Clinton's fault. You have to go back two terms to find the blame. Ooops, I forgot!! Everything is Clinton's fault. I wonder how they'll blame the fall of Rummy and the Bush administration on him....... That's how Rs justify Clinton's success. Going back two terms puts you in Reagan territory, savior of all mankind, but especially rich bankers who robbed the American public blind. What gets me is that the Republicans CLAIM to cut taxes. They don't. They just shuffle money around to make it LOOK like they do. Take for instance in GA. Up until Gov. Perdue took office, a Republican, we had one of the best lottery for education purposes going. The HOPE scholarship. Keep a B average in high school, you get first years tuition and books paid to any in-state school. Keep a B average in college, it continues. Worked VERY well. When Perdue got into office, he almost INSTANTLY started putting his slimey hands on the HOPE grants, and made new much more strict rules and payment restrictions on it, using the money for other things. Is the lottery a tax? You started out by mentioning taxes. LOL! And the larger paychecks we saw because of less taxes being taken out were just figments of our imagination according to him also. The paychecks may have LOOKED larger but they really weren't. ;-) That's *our* Bassy for you. What an idiot. If you got a bigger paycheck because of tax cuts, but spent more because of the the inflation that it caused, that's somehow a good thing? What a dolt. Hasn't inflation been pretty tame for a while now? Tame compared to what? Everything is relative, you know. Did you ever understand the lottery/taxes situation that is occuring here in GA? The GA Hope Scholarship still provides tuition to B students. "The HOPE Scholarship is one of the most popular programs in Georgia history. It has made an investment ofover $3 billion in scholarships for over 900,000 Georgia students and has encouraged academic achievement along the way. And for the first time, the best and brightest of our students stay in Georgia for their college education and then remain in Georgia to create new businesses. And it was created by Democrats. But some did not have the forward-thinking leadership to see the promise of the HOPE scholarship. Gov. Sonny Perdue and Lt. Governor candidate Ralph Reed fought the HOPE scholarship tooth and nail. State Senator Perdue voted against HOPE at least 3 times over his career.1 In typical Gov. Perdue fashion, he is trying to rewrite his record on HOPE. Now he supports it...or so he says. But he robbed HOPE of an astonishing $1.7 million to pay for a website2 the Athens Banner-Herald called "a campaign commercial." That was in 2005. But this is 2006, an election year. So he wants you to think that he is a big HOPE supporter. Gov. Perdue really hopes that you'll just forget about his record. Georgia has HOPE because Democrats had the vision to support education in innovative ways. And Democrats have the vision to keep the promise of HOPE permanent." And that is just ONE instance. But it doesn't say any thing about Perdue putting his slimy hands on the money and diverting it to other expenses. |
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basskisser wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: The GA Hope Scholarship still provides tuition to B students. More for your information: September 2003 - Perdue pushes to tie HOPE to SAT scores, threatening to cut the number of eligible students in half. January 2004 - Perdue unilaterally cuts HOPE funds May 2004 - Perdue backs efforts to retroactively limit HOPE benefits February 2005 - Perdue raids HOPE funds for pet project You really should credit the people when you cut and paste articles. http://www.opportunityforgeorgia.com/ The SAT scores provides a uniform bar to evaluate students test scores, too many students were being given B grades who did not have the skills to succeed in college. What pet projects did Perdue raid the Hope funds? My understanding is that this is illegal. Can you provide a link that discusses the specific pet projects he funded by "rading the Hope Funds". |
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![]() "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: "ACP" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: "ACP" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... jps wrote: In article . com, says... Bert Robbins wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... That's the key - can they actually do something with nothing. Can they keep the economic momentum moving in a positive direction, can they actually come up with a good plan to get us out of the mess in Iraq and I think even more importantly, can they actually emulate the Republicans and toe the party line without inter-party squabbling they are famous for. More importantly than that is this - can they do it without reducing the economic power of the middle class by staying away from taxes and more entitlement programs. It will be an interesting couple of years. How many think that we will be sinking into a deep recession by this time next year? Unfortunately, I do. The recession has already started. Then it's the republican's fault!! BK, you haven't been paying attention. It's Clinton's fault. You have to go back two terms to find the blame. Ooops, I forgot!! Everything is Clinton's fault. I wonder how they'll blame the fall of Rummy and the Bush administration on him....... That's how Rs justify Clinton's success. Going back two terms puts you in Reagan territory, savior of all mankind, but especially rich bankers who robbed the American public blind. What gets me is that the Republicans CLAIM to cut taxes. They don't. They just shuffle money around to make it LOOK like they do. Take for instance in GA. Up until Gov. Perdue took office, a Republican, we had one of the best lottery for education purposes going. The HOPE scholarship. Keep a B average in high school, you get first years tuition and books paid to any in-state school. Keep a B average in college, it continues. Worked VERY well. When Perdue got into office, he almost INSTANTLY started putting his slimey hands on the HOPE grants, and made new much more strict rules and payment restrictions on it, using the money for other things. Is the lottery a tax? You started out by mentioning taxes. LOL! And the larger paychecks we saw because of less taxes being taken out were just figments of our imagination according to him also. The paychecks may have LOOKED larger but they really weren't. ;-) That's *our* Bassy for you. What an idiot. If you got a bigger paycheck because of tax cuts, but spent more because of the the inflation that it caused, that's somehow a good thing? What a dolt. Hasn't inflation been pretty tame for a while now? In January 1990 it was 5% It spiked just after Katrina last year to just over 4.5% 4.15% in July 2006 2.06 in September 2006. Bassy must have missed too many classes in Economics 101. ;-) Idiot. I love how you pick and choose which dates to supply data with!!! Do you really think that most people here are dumb enough to not catch that? This what you're looking for? http://www.miseryindex.us/irbyyear.asp |
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![]() ACP wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: "ACP" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... JimH wrote: "ACP" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... jps wrote: In article . com, says... Bert Robbins wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... That's the key - can they actually do something with nothing. Can they keep the economic momentum moving in a positive direction, can they actually come up with a good plan to get us out of the mess in Iraq and I think even more importantly, can they actually emulate the Republicans and toe the party line without inter-party squabbling they are famous for. More importantly than that is this - can they do it without reducing the economic power of the middle class by staying away from taxes and more entitlement programs. It will be an interesting couple of years. How many think that we will be sinking into a deep recession by this time next year? Unfortunately, I do. The recession has already started. Then it's the republican's fault!! BK, you haven't been paying attention. It's Clinton's fault. You have to go back two terms to find the blame. Ooops, I forgot!! Everything is Clinton's fault. I wonder how they'll blame the fall of Rummy and the Bush administration on him....... That's how Rs justify Clinton's success. Going back two terms puts you in Reagan territory, savior of all mankind, but especially rich bankers who robbed the American public blind. What gets me is that the Republicans CLAIM to cut taxes. They don't. They just shuffle money around to make it LOOK like they do. Take for instance in GA. Up until Gov. Perdue took office, a Republican, we had one of the best lottery for education purposes going. The HOPE scholarship. Keep a B average in high school, you get first years tuition and books paid to any in-state school. Keep a B average in college, it continues. Worked VERY well. When Perdue got into office, he almost INSTANTLY started putting his slimey hands on the HOPE grants, and made new much more strict rules and payment restrictions on it, using the money for other things. Is the lottery a tax? You started out by mentioning taxes. LOL! And the larger paychecks we saw because of less taxes being taken out were just figments of our imagination according to him also. The paychecks may have LOOKED larger but they really weren't. ;-) That's *our* Bassy for you. What an idiot. If you got a bigger paycheck because of tax cuts, but spent more because of the the inflation that it caused, that's somehow a good thing? What a dolt. Hasn't inflation been pretty tame for a while now? In January 1990 it was 5% It spiked just after Katrina last year to just over 4.5% 4.15% in July 2006 2.06 in September 2006. Bassy must have missed too many classes in Economics 101. ;-) Idiot. I love how you pick and choose which dates to supply data with!!! Do you really think that most people here are dumb enough to not catch that? This what you're looking for? http://www.miseryindex.us/irbyyear.asp Yes, tell me what you see from 1998 until 2005. |
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