NO (95%): "Business has too much influence on
society nowadays. Who knows how much influence they
will have on children. The government should put enough
money into education so that this would not even be
a consideration."
"The money wouldn't be used for the proper education
anyway. We have too much advertising in school anyway."
"That would then give corporations control of the
schools, and they would dictate what the kids would
learn."
"Public education should not be a captive audience
for private corporations."
"Children see enough product promotion on TV. Schools
should be a place where children are away from advertisements."
"There is already too much corporate influence
in our lives."
"It's a shame we're selling off our schools to
the highest bidder."
"This business is getting really frightening."
YES: (5%): "Nike and Addidas have turned our children
into walking billboards. Why don't we let the schools
benefit from all the money they're getting?"
"It would be a great idea ... it would give the
children a chance to get up-to-date equipment."
"We should try to increase the funding instead
of taxing people who don't even have children."
Original file name: telepoll - converted on Monday, 8 June 1998, 16:33