From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	the value of education (was: Thoughts: Sourcebook Ideas)
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:53:11 +1000

Robert Menard writes:
> Where the hell do you live that corporations fund PUBLIC
> schooling? The
> government does a bad enough job of it.

If a corp is the major employer in an area, it could find it very beneficial
to fund public education to improve the quality of new employees. It is far
cheaper to teach a nine year old something than a thirty-year old who hasn't
been in education for fifteen to twenty years. I'm not thinking of 100%
funding, but certainly assistance. Obviously, this would only happen in
areas where the corp plans to stay for a long time.

In addition, corps might do it as a tax dodge.

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