Reply #98: So, is Obama supposed to FUND it out of his petty cash? [View All]

[LooseWilly]

I mean, last I checked, it was the Congress that passed budgets.
I suppose he could try to use the Department of Education to try to reform a school... but that seems like a rather hamfisted way to approach reform for a single school.
Thousands of lives for generations to come?? Aren't you being a little melodramatic here?... I mean, the kids are only going to be in the school for a couple of years. How is that going to change things for generations? Are you envisioning some sort of cult kind of deal? -- "And, if you should enroll your children in XXX Elementary, then your child will be walking in the steps of HISTORY !! Malia Obama herself once used this very restroom !!..."

Come on now. A school the Obama kids attend will have added security, added press interest, and the rest of the kids attending will have great stories to tell... like a friend of mine who likes to mention going to school with the daughter of the Shah of Iran. Other than that?... I rather doubt the teachers will get raises, I doubt the principal will be budgeted more money to spend on food for the cafeteria, I doubt that the White House will have some sort of veto power over new hiring... What sort of change do you really envision here?