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That is simply propaganda you have been poisoned to believe. If we would simply quit constantly fucking with other countries in the name our "oil interests" we would not need to spend trillons of dollars overseas that WE DON'T FUCKING HAVE.
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and rich being based on yrly income, not net worth.
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Doesn't matter what group of people you take more money from, rich or poor or middle class, they will always protest it. What else is new? |
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Athletics is simply a necessary thing in the develoment of any kid that will grow up to be worth a shit. And unless you totally transform schools into some kind of military boot-camp or Buddhist monk style environment where you FORCE kids to perform martial arts, running, bodyweight exercises, and other things that don't require physical facilities, you will need to spend money on facilities for SPORTS. |
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At he collegiate level, those giant gyms/fields/stadiums are a SOURCE of revenue not a drain on it. At the local level, there are many benefits to the community outside of the Friday night games to having a those facilities. Sorry that you got picked last for kickball, smittie, but sports are a very necessary part of coming of age.
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In terms of "deserving" money, I do believe that military people are more deserving of money than plenty other fields, such as the average banking geek, certain medical technicians, many lawyers, etc. The difficult thing is that, like I mentioned before, you can't make a direct comparison between military and civilian. Maybe that overpaid banking geek who only works 38-40 hours a week is actually "suffering" from a boring, unfulfilling job, while his buddy in the military feels that his job is exciting and rewarding, due to unique aspects of the military that can't be replicated in the civilian world. I would also like to point out that, while a teacher does not make any life-or-death decisions, they DO need to use leadership skills, motivational skills, persuasion skills, etc......IF they are self-motivated and serious about their job of not only giving knowledge to kids, but inspiring them, which is a very difficult thing to do. That's a pretty big IF, and there is a HUGE variance between shitty teachers and great teachers. I don't believe school leadership does a good job of evaluating teachers either. Last edited by Homeslice; 09-15-2011 at 02:47 PM.. |
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Tax the poor enough, and they won't be able to participate in the consumer economy, which is 2/3 of our GDP |
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There are also tons of academic style classes that could go too. An example is high school anatomy. The people interested in anatomy (such as future doctors, nurses, vets, etc) will learn that in college. Doctors won't even learn anatomy until they graduate with their bachelors and get into med school. Why waste paying a teacher to teach something people won't use and won't transfer over to college? I could also go on about the media programs of the school. They spend a few thousand for a nice camera so 10 students can run the "student news" in the morning. Then the fancy Imacs to put the crap together aren't cheap either. There are tons of waste in school that can be cut. But that would also cut teacher jobs (though potentially increase pay for others) which the NEA would never ever permit. Which the NEA has never given one shit about students anyways.
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