if it works, wehould do it.tter idea, in many regions, they say thi if your child does not have a veryood attendance record, 9 or higher, then we're going to take your welfare away. it's aazing how well kids attend school when mom and dad's welfare check is on the hook. i say let's do it all. >> gary b., they'reeing rewarded fo butts in the classroom, not for performance. >> exactly, brenda. look, toby's riht. there is a reward, you know, system here going on. and i suppose it does work. here's he problem with it. it's coming out of the taxpayers' pocket. i'd rather see a private system where the schools have to fail or succeed on their own. why not a voher system? do you think the kids attending dll friends get paid b the stateor kids' attendance? no. they have a -- exactly. they have a great attendance record, though, because the parents kick their butto go there because they have to pay to go there. and they give the kids a quality education. if the los angeles school district doesn't give quality education,

i'm not the least be concerned or feel that wehould be concerned about going after the chinese.oney, not the other wy around. you know, if -- are we concerned they will repatriot every investment in our money? i don't think so. ne: they can do what they'v been doing, stop additional buying, and we seem to survive that well. you might have a point. >> well, ann on the contrary, someondid a story this week about how the chinese are buying trophy properties in the united states the same way the japanese did in the 1980s. this is just the beginning. they want to invest in the united states, and we're going to tell them, essentially, if you invest in the united states, we have the legal system here, and if you break our laws, we sue you >> i hear th. i hear your points. listen, m not saying no to suits, but what i said was i don't think anybody n congress would do it. the way, lot of foreign investors are running away fm the 30-year bond, and so that you see that yields gyrating. china is saying, wait a second, we may not buy anymore .s. debt. neil: ifthey are stupid to buy $95 milli