The scariest quote for any Conservative, "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
This specifically addresses the fact that the Federal govt, can't fix anything. All it can do is make a law and roll the dice. It might actually work for a small number of people, but the Law of Unintended Consequences is almost as much of an asshole as Murphy is.
Tax Code = something like 70,000+ pages of nonsense that even the IRS can't decipher. Call 6 times and you CAN get 6 different answers as to what's legal in the tax code.
Department of Education: All you need to know about this organization is two things. First, look at the average abilities for our nation's kids starting with 5 years before the DoEd was created and bring it to today. Our kids aren't necessarily less intelligent today, but they are certainly less educated. By EVERY metric that matters the Department of Education has failed miserablye. Second, Teachers' Unions have stopped giving a shit about the kids. They only care how much power they wield and how much money they can bring into the union. Please note that I said Unions; there are still a great number of teachers that give a crap.
*Biggest problem is that it's Fed Govt. all over again. Rules and standards to fix one problem AS WELL AS fixed items to be taught with no deviation, OR ELSE your school looses federal money. In this regard, Covid was a blessing. We've gone from <4% of our kids in Home School to >11%. That's a huge win, I hope we can see dividens
This is a conversation I have with my father all the time. Why does the Federal Government have to be involved to help these people out?
Cracking the Facebooks and Googles is not a bank shot. It's a slam dunk as long as we make sure they can't delete/bar posts b/c the owners don't like a certain POV.
I'm more in line with @ShieldWife in this regard. I thnk we've SO blown past what we can handle right now, that a complete freeze would be worthwhile for the next 5-10 years. The reason I'm there is b/c I know we're likely not going to be able to deport all the illegal aliens here already. This gives us time to recognize who's here legally and illegally and steadily work towards assimilation.
Reasons the Illegal part matters...
1. so many bad things happen as a result, child slavery and the sex trade are HUGE money right now across the southern border
2. criminals stay criminals. Illegal aliens fear what happens if they get arrested or are detected. So crimes go unreported and some are even drawn to crime as a means of income. Course some are hardened criminals (MS 13).
I mostly addressed this above. I'll add this: I am in I have two children who have been completely failed by my school district. The school doesn't give homework regularly (1 in Highschool the other a year out). No consequences for lateness or bad grades (redo your work for a 70), and "we don't care if you actually understand the material b/c we'll never really test on it again." Oh your kid is failing, but we don't allow that so he passed and gets to move on to the next grade. (not our problem any more!) The only reason my kids are doing better now is because my wife and I are taking so much time with them after school. (I'd love to have gotten to them younger, but we only adopted them 2 years ago from a VERY broken home.)
The school system it broken. It's ACTIVELY harming our children. I am completely in favor of severing all ties with the Federatl Dept. of Education and moving to Home Schooling Coops or just neighborhood schools.
I won't get into the fact that many places and schools are actively indoctrinating kids to hate their country, race and/or gender.
I'm gonna stop now...before I keep ranting.
This specifically addresses the fact that the Federal govt, can't fix anything. All it can do is make a law and roll the dice. It might actually work for a small number of people, but the Law of Unintended Consequences is almost as much of an asshole as Murphy is.
Tax Code = something like 70,000+ pages of nonsense that even the IRS can't decipher. Call 6 times and you CAN get 6 different answers as to what's legal in the tax code.
Department of Education: All you need to know about this organization is two things. First, look at the average abilities for our nation's kids starting with 5 years before the DoEd was created and bring it to today. Our kids aren't necessarily less intelligent today, but they are certainly less educated. By EVERY metric that matters the Department of Education has failed miserablye. Second, Teachers' Unions have stopped giving a shit about the kids. They only care how much power they wield and how much money they can bring into the union. Please note that I said Unions; there are still a great number of teachers that give a crap.
*Biggest problem is that it's Fed Govt. all over again. Rules and standards to fix one problem AS WELL AS fixed items to be taught with no deviation, OR ELSE your school looses federal money. In this regard, Covid was a blessing. We've gone from <4% of our kids in Home School to >11%. That's a huge win, I hope we can see dividens
I can at least understand their point of view. I could got to a lefty forum and find you a hundred stories about people who grew up in a really shitty family or had a really shitty marriage or relationship, but didn't have a way to survive on their own. That is where, in my opinion, the project comes from. The idea is that people shouldn't be trapped with a family that makes them miserable, that if you're treated like shit you should be able to walk out and not worry you're going to end up homeless on the street.
This is a conversation I have with my father all the time. Why does the Federal Government have to be involved to help these people out?
I don't get what's appealing about doing bank shots where we don't do anything directly, but instead just try to unshackle small companies and hope one of them will successfully compete instead of selling out to the big company once they can.
Cracking the Facebooks and Googles is not a bank shot. It's a slam dunk as long as we make sure they can't delete/bar posts b/c the owners don't like a certain POV.
Maybe try a number and the increase it every year, measuring employment and school attendance rates and ability to find housing, then level off the number when things start to dip downwards.
I'm more in line with @ShieldWife in this regard. I thnk we've SO blown past what we can handle right now, that a complete freeze would be worthwhile for the next 5-10 years. The reason I'm there is b/c I know we're likely not going to be able to deport all the illegal aliens here already. This gives us time to recognize who's here legally and illegally and steadily work towards assimilation.
Reasons the Illegal part matters...
1. so many bad things happen as a result, child slavery and the sex trade are HUGE money right now across the southern border
2. criminals stay criminals. Illegal aliens fear what happens if they get arrested or are detected. So crimes go unreported and some are even drawn to crime as a means of income. Course some are hardened criminals (MS 13).
I have to say, I have been astonished at the level of hatred for the Department of Education. I've had multiple responses telling me people want to get rid of it. What's the deal?
I get the idea that it's viewed as unconstitutional, but is just a matter of principle or do you actually not think it is or could be a tool to do anything useful.
I mostly addressed this above. I'll add this: I am in I have two children who have been completely failed by my school district. The school doesn't give homework regularly (1 in Highschool the other a year out). No consequences for lateness or bad grades (redo your work for a 70), and "we don't care if you actually understand the material b/c we'll never really test on it again." Oh your kid is failing, but we don't allow that so he passed and gets to move on to the next grade. (not our problem any more!) The only reason my kids are doing better now is because my wife and I are taking so much time with them after school. (I'd love to have gotten to them younger, but we only adopted them 2 years ago from a VERY broken home.)
The school system it broken. It's ACTIVELY harming our children. I am completely in favor of severing all ties with the Federatl Dept. of Education and moving to Home Schooling Coops or just neighborhood schools.
I won't get into the fact that many places and schools are actively indoctrinating kids to hate their country, race and/or gender.
I'm gonna stop now...before I keep ranting.