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Actually, it's a form of AA. TEXAS could simply take the top 20% of students from the state as a whole, and then those living in poor areas with disadvantages would be shut out.

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DesideriScuri
I believe the various, any, and all affirmative action programs of today can and should use economic standing and scholastic ability instead of race as the determining factor in applications for aid.

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What should be the purpose of these programs today?.... Should it be to assure employment and education opportunities reflect the ethnic makeup of the area.... or... to help those that need it most regardless of racial makeup of the area?
I believe there was a time when racial or ethnic factors were needed to help minorities recover from past discrimination.... It has worked wonderfully and the makeup of the both white and blue collar work force reflects this. The overall wealth of many minorities has been increased greatly.

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I also believe there is still work to be done in minority communities but the political and economic situation in America will force the end of affirmative action as it is used today...and it should. Now is the time to remove the racial requirement but instead of throwing an excellent program away I believe we should continue using economics... That is if America is willing to continue helping those less fortunate.
Government aid is a contentious subject in these poor economic times... I understand this. This means that any program we keep must serve a needed purpose that is temporary and efficient and will in the end produce more than it costs. Education is and will continue to be the key to a prosperous future. Not only will we benefit from this generation but educated prosperous parents have a much better chance of producing prosperous, or at least self sufficient children. In the long run this program will strengthen our tax base and lessen government dependant aid... What can be bad about this?
Yes it is not the end all catch all solution but it is a good step in that direction.
Butch

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
• Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
  

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There is just no way education aid will continue dependence... of all the government programs those concerned with education have the biggest positive impact on the quality of life in this country. Why let the poor continue to raise more uneducated poor that are a burden on tax payers? Lets educate them so they can support themselves and contribute to the tax base and raise future tax payers... You think churches and private donations will do it? If that were the case there would be no need for government support in the first place.

So you believe that we should be satisfied with classes of income in the US? Because there will always be poor we should not try to reduce the number and increase the well being of our fellow citizens...harsh.

You and others keep saying the government should not aid the poor... the government is not the best way to do it... well my friend what is. It has not been there in the past so I don't see a change in the future.

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I do not buy that theory Aylee... basic facts show the more education the more income... there may be less demand for certain fields of education but even then those people are still making more money than their uneducated peers. As opportunities shift so will the subjects people major in... with time it always equals out.

Butch

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It is hard to pay the high cost of education... think we should do something about that?... Oh I forgot private donations and churches will take care of that.

Maybe we should shift a little attention from wars...and guns...and gay marriage to education.

Butch

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Just a few weeks after Rachel Dolezal transfixed the nation with her bogus claims to black heritage, yet another professor stands accused of falsely claiming a different racial identity to advance her career.

Andrea Smith, a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California at Riverside, has started to draw attention in the wake of the Dolezal incident from those who say she has for years falsely claimed to have Cherokee blood. The case is arguably much more significant, though, because while Dolezal was a relatively undistinguished academic at Eastern Washington University, Smith is recognized as a significant scholar in her field. She routinely appears as a featured scholar at major events and has written books that were well-received by her colleagues (though others may question the broader worth of works like Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide).

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Say... you think maybe we should abolish it and come up with a better idea?

Butch

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Check this out Aylee... I've a bunch if you don't like this one.

Butch

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

I do not buy that theory Aylee... basic facts show the more education the more income... there may be less demand for certain fields of education but even then those people are still making more money than their uneducated peers. As opportunities shift so will the subjects people major in... with time it always equals out.

Butch

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Sounds like a plan... try that in Missouri