Politics

In Florida, there has been an ongoing problem with our voting system ever since the 2000 presidential election. It seems the first attempt to fix this was the proliferation of electronic voting systems that would ostensibly eliminate the questionable punch-card results. While we should be able to avoid the dreaded hanging chad, it appears Congress wants to augment the Help America Vote Act to require some kind of paper trail.
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Our educational system is in dire need of repair. Over the past thirty years we have more than doubled our per-pupil expenditures, and we now spend an average of $8,996 per child compared to to 1971 when we were spending an average of $4,479 (Stupider in America). Unfortunately, we are Read more