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...rankings revolt??will fail without public support, not because such endeavors aren't virtuous but because the majority of Americans are getting what they want from higher education, at a price most are willing to pay. That education as commerce has led to such marketing aberrations as college rankings, grade inflation and other competitive amenities shouldn't be a surprise to anyone familiar with Pogo's dictum, "We have met the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...full significance of the revolt???and it is nothing less than that?was made plain by the magnitude of the victory won by proponents of California's now famous, or infamous, Proposition 13: 4.2 million voters supported the measure, overwhelming by nearly 2 to 1 the 2.3 million who refused to go along. It was as though millions of the state's taxpayers had thrown open their windows like the fed-up characters in the movie Network and shouted in thunderous unison: "I'm mad as hell?and I'm not going to take it any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound and Fury over Taxes | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

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