Busing

A typical response from government when faced with a problem is to spend money as a solution. Often times the amount spent is used to show the importance of the problem. The government might say that the schools are not educating the students in the manner needed so we will increase the school budget and this will show our commitment to solving the problem. Some people even believe that this is the only recourse for government. This occurs not only in local, state and federal government but also on the international stage. The recent climate meeting decided to meet the challenge by sending money to the UN. The United States has faced a series of problems and over the past 20 months has spent $10 trillion in an attempt to solve these problems. Some then ask just what else can government do. Using the example of schools the local governments can agree to not only allow students to pick their schools but allow the money to go with the student and offer busing service to take the students. Busing was offered in the 60's and 70's for racial reasons it can be offered today for fairness reasons. There are many inner city students who would rather go to the schools in the suburbs.