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Much of the American South is ailing, with West Virginia the worst off—at least, if the rate of prescription drug use is any indication. The state filled 17.7 prescriptions per capita compared to a national average of 11.5, according to Verispan, a health care information company.

Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and Missouri also have prescription drug-use rates well above the national average.

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Finland and the Netherlands are the undisputed success stories of the survey in terms of accessibility

and affordability. Both have large student bodies, high attainment rates, extensive grant programs,

and student bodies that are reasonably reflective of broader society.

Children are doing multiplication in 1st grade. Most kids can read at 3-4 years old

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go get your money back from the real crooks!

cheney and halliburton 2.3 BILLION stolen from american taxpayers

In 1961, President Eisenhower warned against a "conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry." He said, "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

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the best schools on the planet are not private, the private cant even come close! 1. Sweden 2. Finland 3. The Netherlands 4. Belgium (Flemish Community) 5. Ireland 6. Belgium (French Community) 7. Austria 8. Germany 9. France 10. Italy 11. Canada

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Can anyone tell me why k-12 can't be run just like college, in a sense? Decentralized and open to competition? I don't get it! WHY the hell do these damn schools have to be beholden to teachers' unions and all this other bs? Bureaucracy and red tape galore! Colleges don't have to deal with that nonsense. Are colleges anymore "special" for students' education? After all, K-12 has to PREPARE them for college, for one thing!

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wrong! It was gov't meddling in the free-market in banking that fucked things up. Remember the housing crisis? Fannie and Freddie, which IMO should just be flat-out abolished? The Fed lowering interest rates to excessively low levels? Come on, man! Don't buy into that BS that "greedy and evil" bankers fucked up the system all by themselves. It's NOT possible! Besides, after 5 or 6 years of boom, a recession was bound to happen.

After all, that's usually how our economy works nowadays.

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I don't think you can attribute that to the schools themselves so much as the kind of people they take in. Let's face it: Ivy League material students are not gonna waste time at ITT or National American or any of those silly "universities" that just have the bare minimum.

But the fact is, with all the choice and competition in "regular" universities nationwide, several have become world-renowned in this country.

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Schools should be run like a business. Sure, some liberals may say that's 'cruel', but it's the only way we'll really open the system to efficiency and competition. The government is way too involved, and kids in poor areas, usually with crappy schools, have no chance for a good future if they can't out of them with choice.

The gov't has no incentive to make things better if their schools have a monopoly! As long as the tax money flows in, that's all that matters to them.

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Those figures are worrisome because, on average, for-profit colleges have lower graduation rates and higher loan default rates than other schools.

According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings and comments to investors, Corinthian plans about $100 million of lending this year. ITT said last month its lending grew significantly last quarter and would total $75 million this year. Career Education said its current balance of $31 million could grow to $50 million by year's end.

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For-profit colleges prosper from student loans

Schools profit regardless of whether borrowers can pay money back

Some of the nation's biggest for-profit colleges and vocational schools are boosting enrollment in tough times by making more loans directly to cash-strapped students, knowing full well many of them probably won't be able to repay what they borrowed.