Archive for March, 2004

Government Schools Not Underfunded, Need To Stop Overspending

Many programs have been mandated in government schools through a process that caters to special interests and career politicians, improving money-making opportunities for government school teachers but doing nothing for students. Mandates inflate the upper end of the salary structure, driving the cost of running government school systems much higher than that of private schools. [...]


Jim Tobin was a guest on Mark Mayhew’s show on Rockford’s WNTA 1330 AM.

Jim discussed the failings of the Illinois public school system and how the Illinois GOP is falling through a legal noose of their own design: A law aimed at preventing Libertarians from getting on the ballot backfires and may keep George Bush off the ballot in November. DOWNLOAD THE INTERVIEW IN .WAV FORMAT (1.5 MB)