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It's all fine and dandy to swat programs like flies but it seems as if they breed faster than they die.  I would think that in order to stop them from popping back up, enforced regulation (or abolition) of the industry would have to instituted.

I realize, in order to do this, legislation must be passed.  The problem with that, as I see it, is that there is little motive for politicians to do so.  I do not think making them (directly) aware of the situation would be productive in most cases. In order for politicians to care about an issue, it must be one that is important enough to the voters so that it could be spun into an issue of use to them(this is, of course, assuming lobbyists don't enter the situation).

Do programs as an issue hold this potential?  I think they do, if the truth is exposed to enough people.  Even if it did not affect legislature, it would hold the potential of creating a wider public awareness of the realities of program life.

There is a problem here.  Programs have a lot bigger of a megaphone. In terms of the lobbyists they could churn out of K street, the lawyers they could hire, the press contacts they could arrainge, the talk show hosts they could buy, and the sheer amount of resources at their disposal, it would seem they have the upper hand by a large margin.

One would have to have some sort of means of publicity to match or beat whatever programs could throw out as damage control.  Since most of the media seems to parrot press releases rather than actually do research they cannot be relied upon to do their jobs and investigate program claims on their own.  Somebody would have to help them out.

The question is, and i'm suggesting we brainstorm here: how is it possable to create a loud enough noise to drown out the programs?  I have some ideas, but i'd like to hear what other people have to say.

It has to be possable, because otherwise, i don't see a way (legal or illegal) the grim program situation is ever going to change.

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I'm interested because i am researching a staff member who went off to start a CEDU knock off program which i was unfortunately placed.

Did anybody know a Jayne Longnecker ?

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