[BNM] $100 Laptop

[Dave Phelan]

On 6/9/06, james <aqrf11 at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> "one laptop per child"
> oh god help us! how about we cover the following first
> "three meals per child per day"
> "basic healthcare per child per need"
> etc ad infinitum

Yep. Agreed.
So: Food then Healthcare then what? Education?
20 USD a year for 5 years is a pretty good deal for kickstarting an
education programme. Yes, it's a lot of money when you're sharing
pencils, but it's not much when you're buying textbooks.

> it comes as no surprise neo-con negroponte is behind it

Negroponte is a lot of things, but is he really a neocon? Any references?

Dave Ph

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