I almost to the point....

[JBKlyde]

The Government that Governs Best is the Government that governs least. I don't know about you but I'd rather not have the G-Men controlling my life. Any program that promotes larger government should be thoroughly examined to see if it is a necessity.

[Stormieweather]

And those 40 million families living in poverty, earning less than $17,000 per year for a family of 3, can somehow miraculously afford $13000 per year to educate that child?

This works out real well for the people who already pay for private schooling and actually have the financial position to own a home. They continue to pay the same tuition, but they no longer have to pay the educational taxes.

Pretty much screws those 40 million in poverty though. Oh well, who cares about them anyway? Let 'em get a real job and stop having kids and quit spending food stamps on big screen tv's. Yeah.


Ah but, beyond the educational argument, there's the infrastructure being privatized...roads, hospitals, airports, prisons, water/sewer systems, police being privatized, removal of environmental protections (fuck the future generations, profits > all!), lack of agencies to prevent abuses of all types...abuse of elders, abuse of children, abuse of spouses, abuse of employees, abuse of power, etc. Abuse would just run rampant, unchecked.

Who exactly decides how much government is too much and how much is too little? Oh wait...those in POWER decide. If it benefits them, it's all good. If it screws the weak and vulnerable citizens, who fucking cares really?

Until they rise up like Cairo and Syria and Bahrain. Then maybe someone might care.

Or not.

[classicman]

This works out real well for the people who already pay for private schooling and actually have the financial position to own a home. They continue to pay the same tuition, but they no longer have to pay the educational taxes.

I don't think so. Everyone pays school taxes if they own property regardless if your child attends K-12 or not.

[Stormieweather]

No, I mean IF there is no more public schooling. IF everyone pays for school, then there is no reason for educational taxes.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

This religion is only a speck harder to believe than the religion of Spexxism, where you aren't responsible for anything, the government that controls everything is.

I AM YOUR DEITY!

Kneel Before me!

All your responsibilities are belong to me!

[classicman]

@ Stormie Oh, gotcha. Yeh, thats not happening anytime soon.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

Oh, gotcha. Yeh, thats not happening anytime soon.

Still no sense of humor. Here we go again.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Still no sense of humor. Here we go again.

that was a response to Stormie, not you.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

that was a response to Stormie, not you.

Thank you for adding the "@stormie". I misunderstood.

[JBKlyde]

where you aren't responsible for anything, the government that controls everything is.

That makes since!!

[JBKlyde]

Head like a HO black as my Soul I'd rather die than give you control..

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

This is how the thread peters out??

I think it ended with misrepresentation:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

This religion is only a speck harder to believe than the religion of Spexxism, where you aren't responsible for anything, the government that controls everything is.

Originally Posted by JBKlyde

Head like a HO black as my Soul I'd rather die than give you control..

Dude, God and Jesus already control you.

[Undertoad]

This is how the thread peters out??

Well, I enjoyed this, my lensmeister, perhaps we can do it again sometime?

[Sundae]

Not with a bang, but a Stormie...

[Happy Monkey]

I and my three siblings all went to public schools, with excellent outcomes. Educationally, I'm the slacker in the family - only a bachelors' degree. One sister has a PhD, the other is working on a MD/PhD, and my brother got a Masters in Education, and is now teaching mathematics at one of those very same public schools we all went to.

If not for the No Child Left Behind/Race to the Top/Michelle Rhee crap that is now in vogue, I would have no reservation championing public over private. Hopefully that will blow over.