10-15-2009, 12:28 AM
aloha all,
the problem is our system (i.e. government) is broken. it has gotten too large and we're just all along for the ride. problem is, they use OUR money (and poorly i might add) and do so with almost no accountability.
more taxation will not solve this or other problems. try to find a government program or department that you believe runs well. now try to think of ones that you believe run poorly. i'm sure there are many in the "runs poorly," column. the problems with our government will not go away until this country finally goes bankrupt or a new government is in place. seriously.
do some research on the internet, if you don't already know, and just look and see where our government spends OUR money. most of it goes to debt (meaning money they borrowed, after spending all of our money already), military and health programs (medicare, medicaid, welfare, etc.). our government has a horrible track record with spending our money.
more taxation will only create more waste and not solve the real problems with education in america. i spent a year living in china. if you don't have the money to go to school, you don't go to school. you better believe that every child in every class fully understands the importance of education and the sacrifices that his/her parents have made to pay for education. competition for excellence is amazingly high in that system. i have friends in china who by american standards live well below the poverty level, yet still put their child's education at the forefront of their lives. i'm not saying that we do away with "free," education in america, however this system we've created where we all feel that we are "entitled," to everything but are not willing to pay for it, is crazy.
you can't have free education, free medical, free wars and every other service our government provides, without paying for it. problem is, our government doesn't pay for it, we do. that's why it's so easy for our government to spend money with no accountability, it's not theirs and we obviously have no say in the matter.
less bureaucracy and more accountability with penalties for mismanagement are what's going to change education.
ok i'm done...
