10-15-2009, 07:30 PM
Hi Carey,
I would never act like you are clueless. I think you misread my frustration. You asked if we would give back the tax and I put out some numbers to show how miniscule that tax amount is compared to the financial hit we're taking. In other words, yes.
I am a very good web searcher but in this case I'm really not aware of what is being provided and people are talking about it. A lot of local stuff doesn't get up on the web in a timely manner and I didn't expect it. This is probably the only time I've asked for help in the way of knowledge here. At least in awhile.
My son was not provided any solutions by the school or his brother and I wouldn't be handling the emergency. I don't think any of the programs you linked will work, but I can try calling in case they know of something.
I guess I'm trying to make the point that the special ed kids and parents are really hurting. They can't be left with a regular babysitter. A day care program won't take them unless they have a certified person on staff with the training. Transportation is an issue. For example, the REAL school has a special small school bus that goes around and transports all the kids who go to school in wheelchairs. Where is that bus going to be on furlough days? Loaned to the park programs? I don't think so.
Bullwinkle, your exhortations don't apply to special ed. For those parents, it's very beneficial to have professionals help. The kids make a lot more progress. As a father, do you think you would do as well working with CP, MD, FAS, autism, and so forth than people who have studied the conditions in depth? And could you do all of that after working an eight hour shift in the hot sun, climbing ladders and spraying paint? Dad is doing good getting the groceries, the laundry done, fixing the car, cooking meals, dishes done, bath, taking kid to the park for an hour and reading a bedtime story. Single parents who work full time for a company have to place their kids somewhere. School and day care centers are generally better than sitters, who don't tend to do much more than sort of keep the kids out of trouble. I watched the support systems for single parents grow slowly, in the 70's and 80's, from nothing, and now working parents rely on these systems.
It is just stupid to save money by sending working parents into a tailspin, more people losing their jobs who were not drawing unemployment or welfare. It was in part to help people get away from welfare that some of these support systems that are state funded came into being. Surely when people are able to hold jobs it helps the economy in many ways.
I would never act like you are clueless. I think you misread my frustration. You asked if we would give back the tax and I put out some numbers to show how miniscule that tax amount is compared to the financial hit we're taking. In other words, yes.
I am a very good web searcher but in this case I'm really not aware of what is being provided and people are talking about it. A lot of local stuff doesn't get up on the web in a timely manner and I didn't expect it. This is probably the only time I've asked for help in the way of knowledge here. At least in awhile.
My son was not provided any solutions by the school or his brother and I wouldn't be handling the emergency. I don't think any of the programs you linked will work, but I can try calling in case they know of something.
I guess I'm trying to make the point that the special ed kids and parents are really hurting. They can't be left with a regular babysitter. A day care program won't take them unless they have a certified person on staff with the training. Transportation is an issue. For example, the REAL school has a special small school bus that goes around and transports all the kids who go to school in wheelchairs. Where is that bus going to be on furlough days? Loaned to the park programs? I don't think so.
Bullwinkle, your exhortations don't apply to special ed. For those parents, it's very beneficial to have professionals help. The kids make a lot more progress. As a father, do you think you would do as well working with CP, MD, FAS, autism, and so forth than people who have studied the conditions in depth? And could you do all of that after working an eight hour shift in the hot sun, climbing ladders and spraying paint? Dad is doing good getting the groceries, the laundry done, fixing the car, cooking meals, dishes done, bath, taking kid to the park for an hour and reading a bedtime story. Single parents who work full time for a company have to place their kids somewhere. School and day care centers are generally better than sitters, who don't tend to do much more than sort of keep the kids out of trouble. I watched the support systems for single parents grow slowly, in the 70's and 80's, from nothing, and now working parents rely on these systems.
It is just stupid to save money by sending working parents into a tailspin, more people losing their jobs who were not drawing unemployment or welfare. It was in part to help people get away from welfare that some of these support systems that are state funded came into being. Surely when people are able to hold jobs it helps the economy in many ways.