Back-to-School Economic Blues

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strikeforce betting of AL 5:38AM March 22, 2011

School districts want to cut back on Phys Ed and sports, yet buses are picking up kids who have a less than a ten minute walk to and from school. Gee, what would happen if all children who had to walk up to fifteen minutes or up to a half mile actually started doing that. Maybe we could leave the snack machine in the cafeteria and the simple exercise and decreasing waist lines would be back in style. All that fuel and related savings could even buy some extra neighborhood security or is this really too simplistic?

Joe Songin of NY 6:18PM August 21, 2008

I wonder how much fuel we'd save and how much better a country we'd be if we never drove a bus to a varsity ball game again.

Yep. Football, baseball, basketball, all of them. Right into the budgetary crosshairs. Stop paying the dang coaches. Stop being taxpayer-funded "farm clubs" for the pro leagues. Stop the "jock" mentality. Wow, what a dream!

of 1:33PM August 20, 2008

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