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A bill was introduced last month by Jim Bird of the Utah State legislature, HB393, that would allow advertising on school buses, something at least six other states have done. It was rejected last Friday. They did, however, OK a bill that could end bus service for kids all over the state. I find this a terrible choice, and a decision that could harm our children in untold ways. I think we should allow this creeping commercialization into and onto our child's' buses, but why stop there? Considering the failure that our education system has evidently become, why not privatize and commercialize the the entire system? I can see a day where I proudly send by kids to M&M Mini's Elementary School, where every child will have a computer and a chance to learn their importance in society as a consumer. From there they will go on to Hershey's Kisses Junior High where important social skills will be learned and they will be introduced to the intricacies of capitalism. In Snickers High, our children will be prepared for the world through the arts, higher maths and a love of branding and commercialism. The only other option we have is to let the state continue to run the education system in the ground by firing teachers, increasing class sizes, and if state Senator Chris Buttars would have his way, eradicate the 12th grade from the system. Only corporate America can save us from this madness.