Prisons are more important than schools : the hypocracy of child-care funding / Marian Wright Edelman ; introduced by Betty Friedan.

Talk by Marian Edelman about the misdirection of funding the the American system. She points to the huge incarceration rate in the United States (with accompanying costs) and that, while taxpayers will spend $80 a-piece for the Savings and Loan bailout, proposed child care legislation could cost only $7. In addition, she points to the increasing disparity between rich and poor. In the 1960’s CEO’s made 38 times what a teacher did, By 1988, that difference had increased to 72 times. Child care, she concludes, is an essential goal for the Federal Government.|PRISONS OUTRANK SCHOOLS : THE HYPOCRACY OF CHILD-CARE FUNDING UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION / Marian Wright Edelman – Talk by Edelman about the misdirection of funding in the American system. She points to the huge incarceration rate in the United States (with accompanying costs) and that, while taxpayers will spend $80 a piece for the Savings and Loan bailout, proposed child care legislation could cost only $7. In additon, she points to the increasing disparity between rich and poor. In the 1960’s, CEO’s made 38 times what a teacher did. By 1988, that difference had increased to 72 times! Child care, she concludes, is an essential goal for the Federal Government. BROADCAST: KPFK, 5 June 1990.