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Giving A 10-year Mandatory Minimum For A Second Offense Fist Fight Is Not Going To Reduce The Chance That Someone Will Be Stabbed 16 Times When You Are Not Funding Any Of The Programs That Are Desperately Needed To Actually Reduce Juvenile Crime.

We Live In An Information And Knowledge-based Economy.

Obviously, There Has To Be A Profound Change In Direction. Otherwise, Interest On The National Debt Will Start Eating Up Virtually Every Penny That We Have.

It Is Virtually Impossible To Compete In Today's Global Economy Without A College Degree.

Unequal Funding Resources Also Results In Unequal Educational Opportunity When You Consider Studies That Show That One Half Of Low Income Students Who Are Qualified To Attend College Do Not Attend Because They Can't Afford To.