Interesting and I believe to be aucurate to a point. As I under stand history the US economy really took off after the late 1940's around 1949 when the Federal Government stoped the programs of FDR's Adminstration. The employment figures in the private sector support this conclusion, again to a point !?

This is a great read !!!!

Mr. Grossman, Thank you for your input. Education is a continuing process. However, I am immediately suspect when you mention Tea Party which has nothing to do with Cesar Chavez and this post regarding the public education system's failure to educate. The quotes contained and the newspaper accounts were long before there was a Tea Party and Tax Protest movement in it's present form. However, you make some good points but they do not negate the content of this post. I personally believe Cesar Chaves was much smarter than you seem to give him credit. Your version paints Chavez as a confused man that may have sold out his union to the growers. Again, the point is public education teaches little to nothing about Cesa Chavez or Martin Luther King Jr....Mostly what students know is there is a holiday or a celebration. A reason to protest or not to go to school. "Cesar Chavez Day gives us a chance to work hard to help those in need, just like Cesar Chavez did for his whole life,” said Keely Blissmer, 10. Well said for a 10 year old. Chavez did work hard, for a just cause, his whole life. Much, much more than most of us can say. And, for that reason alone we should honor the complete man. Not, just the politically correct social engineered version of Cesar Chavez Day. (from a previously published commentary by Lightfoot Letters).

Good points all. But, I'm not sure that we are behind England in transferring money around until it eventually gets to public employees somewhere. An Air Resources Board district in California was fined 23 million by the Federal Government for a 2 hour violation. Now the Air Resources Board wants to add a surcharge tax to all cars and drivers in the area. And nothing was done for the environment as usual. But, a lot of cash changed hands and will continue to do so.