Toon-"Good News! We figured out what was costing so much..."

[n2doc]

Would be funny if it weren't so true.....

[Scuba]

1. That money is needed for Wall Street bonuses and oil cleanup

[Catshrink]

2. And the war machine

[mzteris]

3. here's an example of poor management of funds:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. � Kansas City was held up as a national example of bold thinking when it tried to integrate its schools by making them better than the suburban districts where many kids were moving. The result was one school with an Olympic-sized swimming pool and another with recording studios.

Now it's on the brink of bankruptcy and considering another bold move: closing nearly half its schools to stay afloat.

. . . The city used gobs of cash to improve facilities, but boosting lagging test scores and stemming the exodus of students were more elusive. Like other big-city districts, it finds itself struggling to become more than just the last resort for large pockets of poverty in the urban core.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/07/kansas-city-public-school_n_489145.html