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I'm damn concerned about the level and quality of education in Montana. I think we have treated the students very unjustly.

Education Minister Dolores Cristina had a lot to answer for.If she knew what was going on and did not act, that was wrong. But it was also serious if she did not know what was going on.

The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves, and to their Country.

Especially in New York state, we have a constitutional obligation to provide a sound basic education. And we're nowhere near doing that.

This comparison raises some important questions about the relationship among health, education and income in both countries.