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A lesson on public finance
Moore OK will now no doubt emergency funding from that horrible old federal government to rebuild its schools hastily after a weather event. My guess is that Oklahoma will hypocritically accept the money despite its voters' "philosophical" objections to public financing.

In California, hundreds of schools - including the beautiful Moorish-style Longden elementary I once attended - were demolished and replaced at considerable expense about FIFTY YEARS AGO when they were deemed unsafe in potential earthquakes that are rare.

My guess is that such orderly replacement will never happen in Teapartyworld where lower taxes are the only mantra. The cost instead: Dead children, saving mere pennies per person per year in tornado country where storms are frequent.

The orderly CA replacement program has been paid off for years. No child has to my knowledge been killed in a school collapse there.

When it is so easy to do things right; why can we not learn our lessons?

(Amended 12/24/13.)

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