Post by New Mama on May 21, 2012 15:45:11 GMT -6
More Government waste.
www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/21/feds_spend_1_billion_helping_kids_walk_to_school_143.html
What happened to parental responsibility? Why is it the governments job to get kids to school safely. WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS?
I should add that I don't see any kids walking to school in my neighborhood. Hell the parents drive them one block to wait at the corner for a buss.
www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/21/feds_spend_1_billion_helping_kids_walk_to_school_143.html
From 2005 to 2014, Congress will have spent nearly $1 billion of taxpayer money to help kids walk to school.
What has this money bought? Safety vests for crosswalk guards, “safety training” sessions, bicycle racks, flashing safety lights, new curbs and crosswalks, posters, and the like. For $1.1 million in 2010, Maryland counties got “an on-call team of engineers, planners, and bicycle/pedestrian experts” to make it easier for people to walk and bike to schools. For a similar amount the same year, Georgia got marketing materials and staff to promote student walking and biking activities.
Except that since 1987, an international nonprofit has done exactly the same thing as the federal Safe Routes to Schools program, with support from private companies such as Johnson and Johnson and FedEx, as well as from local volunteers across the country. They all give their time and money willingly, even exuberantly, to Safe Kids Walk This Way, unlike the way most of us pay our taxes. And none of it increases the national debt.
What has this money bought? Safety vests for crosswalk guards, “safety training” sessions, bicycle racks, flashing safety lights, new curbs and crosswalks, posters, and the like. For $1.1 million in 2010, Maryland counties got “an on-call team of engineers, planners, and bicycle/pedestrian experts” to make it easier for people to walk and bike to schools. For a similar amount the same year, Georgia got marketing materials and staff to promote student walking and biking activities.
Except that since 1987, an international nonprofit has done exactly the same thing as the federal Safe Routes to Schools program, with support from private companies such as Johnson and Johnson and FedEx, as well as from local volunteers across the country. They all give their time and money willingly, even exuberantly, to Safe Kids Walk This Way, unlike the way most of us pay our taxes. And none of it increases the national debt.
What happened to parental responsibility? Why is it the governments job to get kids to school safely. WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS?
I should add that I don't see any kids walking to school in my neighborhood. Hell the parents drive them one block to wait at the corner for a buss.
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