CycloWizard
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- Sep 10, 2001
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I have family in rural Texas who used to drive 2 hours each way to get groceries, but even their podunk village has its own store now. Where do you live that riding a bus or bike isn't an option? I've walked, biked, and used public transportation to get groceries or go wherever I need to go (while in high school, working in Europe, waiting for new-ish car parts to push the life of my beater car through grad school).I'll disagree on a couple of those: vehicle & computer with internet connection. The latter in the case of children & it puts them at a huge disadvantage educationally. And, depending on where the person lives, a vehicle can very much be a necessity. i.e. if you lived where I live, you are NOT going to walk to get groceries.
As far as all the other things like 50" HDTVs - think of all the people employed by Rent-A-Center and places like that! What will they do without welfare recipients keeping them in business??
I've been reading lots of books on early education and future success in areas requiring higher education. There are plenty of people who have achieved at the highest level despite being essentially illiterate as a child growing up in the sticks. There are also plenty of people given every advantage who fail. Maybe giving kids these advantages increases the probability that they will achieve to their fullest potential, but that's certainly debatable at this point. In any case, if internet access is really necessary for schooling, it should be available at school. That's a much more cost-effective option than putting a computer and internet in every person's home and will achieve most of the same benefits.
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