Another Bogus Poll by the AEA

OK...now I'm just rubbing it in. Why not?

These questions from a 2002 poll on education and taxes provide yet another reason to take the results of any poll conducted by the AEA's Capital Survey Research Center with a grain of salt.

5. The Education Budget for the next school year, 2003-2004 will be adopted by the Legislature in March. Unless something is done, the public education budget will have to be cut again. Do you believe taxes will have to be raised to help schools, or do you believe it is something public schools and colleges and universities will just have to live with?

1. Raise taxes - 55.4%
2. Live with it - 31.2%
3. Don't know/no reply - 13.4%

6. Which of the following would you support to prevent cuts in the Education Budget for K-12 schools, two-year schools, and colleges and universities next year?

1. Increase education taxes - 26.6%
2. Cut spending in education - 12.5%
3. Cut other state programs and transfer funds to education- 42.8%
4. Don't know/no reply - 18.5%

7. To adequately fund schools, would you be willing to pay more in education taxes?

1. Yes - 63.6%
2. No - 28.7%
3. Depends - 5.7%
4. Don't know/no reply - 2.1%

Haha...question #5 might as well have said this:

Do you support higher taxes for education?

a) Yes, I love taxes. The more the better...as long as they go to the children.
b) No, I can't stand smart-assed kids who think they know everything. Keep 'em stupid.