Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Syl,
Whatever our other disagreements, we certainly agree on that, except for the notion "these people have no idea what it is". I think many DO know "what it is", they just don't have a clue how to get from "here" to "there". Or maybe better, their leaders don't have the WILL or DESIRE to actually get "there". Anymore than many in this country do. Just look at the discrepancies in school funding between wealthy counties/school districts and poor ones. In many states throughout the country, the discrepancies are pretty stark-- they range from $5,000/pupil to $15,000/pupil, the differences coming because school funding primarily comes from local property taxes rather than state-wide income taxes or sales taxes. If we aren't willing to fund our own schools properly, why should anyone think that we will fund other countries' schools?

Of course, the Republicans constantly maintain that throwing money at the problem won't work.

RE: "So why not give some of it back to the people that have very little. Not by just giving them money. But by building them schools, and hospitals and infrastructure that we so much take for granted but most of these people have no idea what it is. I think that greed is a virus that have inflicted not just the top CEOs, politicians and elitists of our country but everyone else as well. We have all lost our compassion and have replaced it with the almighty dollar. Sad indeed... "