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Investment in early education saves money in later social costs

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

Every dollar invested in high-quality pre-K education saves taxpayers up to $7 in later social costs – from special education to welfare and criminal justice services.

Source
“Fact Sheets: The Benefits of High-Quality Pre-K” Pre[k]now, 2008. http://www.preknow.org/advocate/factsheets/benefits.cfm
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$1.6 trillion needed for infrastructure

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

$1.6 trillion is needed over a five-year period to bring the nation’s
infrastructure to good condition.

Source
American Society of Civil Engineers, “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.” http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm
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Americans spend five weeks a year in commute

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

Americans spend on average five weeks a year commuting to work, more
than twice the time they spend on vacation.

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U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, “Average Travel Time to Work of Workers 16 Years and Over Who Did Not Work at Home.” Census provides one-way commutes; we doubled it. http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2002/R04T040.htm
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Poor road conditions cost Americans

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 25, 2008

Poor road conditions cost U.S. motorists $54 billion a year in repairs and
operating costs.

Source
American Society of Civil Engineers, “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.” http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm
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-79% say: “The government – local, state or federal – should be responsible for funding preschool education for all children in the U.S.”17 (Harris Interactive, May 2007)

-72% support reform of the public school system, versus only 26% who want an alternative to public schools.18 (Gallup, September 2007) more »

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“Public Policy: Economy, Workforce, Funding” Harris Interactive, May 2007. https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Requester?resource=/wcm/resources/file/ebc8fe068732013/PNC_Study_Findings_Public_Policy_0507.pdf. “The 39th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward The Public Schools,” Lowell C. Rose & Alec M. Gallup, September 2007. http://www.pdkmembers.org/members_online/publications/e-GALLUP/kpoll_pdfs/pdkpoll39_2007.pdf.
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School Infrastructure Fails the Test

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14, 2008

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave America’s school infrastructure a “D”.

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Rebuild America's Schools. "Our nation's children deserve modern schools." http://www.modernschools.org/.
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The Benefits of High-Quality Pre-K

By Alex Carter
March 14, 2008
The Benefits of High-Quality Pre-K

Pre-k benefits children, their families, and their communities. From improved academic outcomes to the economic savings to schools and states, the benefits of high-quality pre-k are irrefutable. more »

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When people think about change, they think about returning to common sense priorities. They want to re-focus attention on problems here at home, and to invest in America and while reducing spending in Iraq. They support a broad range of investments – from education and training to rebuilding our infrastructure. more »

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Fortune Magazine, Jan. 14-16, 2008. http://www.pollingreport.com/budget.htm.
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Unite Around a Common Strategy

By Alex Carter
November 27, 2007

We have to end the partisan politics around the war with al Qaeda. And we have to get serious about security at home. Let’s stop letting cronyism and corruption cripple this central task and invest the resources needed to secure our borders and our ports, to bolster our public health and first-responder capacities and to ensure that nuclear, chemical and other prime targets have adequate defense plans.

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