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The Democratic Leadership Council, a political think tank with well-connected members, has proposed that all K-12 students in America be handed an Amazon Kindle each. They believe Kindle can be made into a cost-effective platform for distributing digitalized textbooks. DLC has tried to forestall any attempts to dismiss its proposal by suggesting that all such attempts would eventually prove futile, as gadgets like Kindle will inevitably supplant textbooks.
An estimated $11.2 billion will be devoured by this mammoth project. The DLC wants the government to test the proposal’s viability, prior to taking a final call, by distributing only 400,000 Kindles in the first year. As per the proposal, annual savings to the tune of $700 million – possible by the 5th year - can be made by phasing out printed study material.
“The ‘Kindle in every backpack’ concept isn’t just an educational gimmick—it could improve education quality and save money,” the proposal reads. What does the American taxpayer make of this?
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