"Let's assume, just for a minute, that we've learned a lesson: that amassing billions is no longer seen as a road to happiness and the enjoyment of life. Security, it may be dawning on us, lies elsewhere.
The educational system needs a large influx of money. Schoolteachers should all be paid twice what they get now, as they are the ones who will make this city financially and socially livable in the future. An educated generation will create, will be employed, will be healthier and more involved."
--David Byrne
Musician and artist
In suggestions from New Yorkers on how the president-elect can create a New Deal.
The New York Times, January 18, 2009
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