A nation is an organic thing. Peter Brimelow More Quotes by Peter Brimelow More Quotes From Peter Brimelow I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight. Peter Brimelow fightingkidsschool Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. Peter Brimelow bossteachermean Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants? Peter Brimelow teacherwayschool Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle. Peter Brimelow salaryeducationalpolitical Pierre Trudeau was too much of a professional politician to be described as a good man, nor, it can be argued despite much pubilicity to the contrary, was he a particularly clever or even wise one. But he was a great man, perhaps the gratest Canada has produced in this century. Peter Brimelow wiseclevermen I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. Peter Brimelow salaryteacherthinking I've been a financial journalist for 30 years. Peter Brimelow journalistfinancialyears I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that's not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue. Peter Brimelow raisedissuesimmigration Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now its nascent. Peter Brimelow heymovementsky I think good teachers are underpaid. Peter Brimelow good-teacherteacherthinking The problem with K-12 education is socialism and the solution is capitalism. Peter Brimelow eugenicssocialismproblem I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children. Peter Brimelow whitechildrenthinking If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result in some loosening up and privatization of the government school system. Peter Brimelow yougovernmenteducationschool Textbook publishers don't even bother to advertise at their conventions. Peter Brimelow evenconventionspublishersbother This type of mass influx is simply too much to handle. What we've had since the disaster of the 1965 Immigration Act will take 100 years or more to absorb. Peter Brimelow willdisasterimmigrationtoo-much Immigration enthusiasts are so hysterical. Peter Brimelow hystericalimmigration I think Bush's immigration proposal is treason and he should be impeached. Peter Brimelow i-thinkhethinkimmigration I think the Iraq War is not particularly tailored to American interests. Peter Brimelow i-thinkamericanthinkwar I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he's OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean. Peter Brimelow i-thinkthinkgovernmentaction The real boneheads are the libertarians. Peter Brimelow libertariansreal
