Originally posted by NeXus
bobbdobbs
bigbutnottoo,
Your making some bold statements about Dems sabotaging the educational systems. You gotta say something to back it up. Maybe you have haven't heard of something called No Child Left Behind? What an ironic name for something that actually leaves many children behind, by giving federal funding to schools that lower their dropout rate by putting failing students into some lame-ass categories like "transferred" or "enrolled in GED". And with the whole $87 billion and the tax-breaks to everyone, Bush is running short of money for schools. So dont tell me Democrats are to be blamed for schools.
Oh yeah and what does "creation of false racism as a cottage industry for Democrats" supposed to mean?
As I said, I'm not a Republican, but then again neither is Bush. Republicans are supossed to end the Department of Education, not increase the funding higher than Clinton levels.
Ifyou even think education has anything to do with the president, please go back and read the Constitution.
Yes, when it comes to politics, you do favors for the people who get you elected. For Democrats, one main supporter is teacher unions. Another is self-appointed "black leaders." If education improves in any way, Democrats stand to lose. If public schools somehow improved, Democrats would no longer be able to whine about needing more money to improve education. If parents were allowed to send their children to better schools, it might put teachers out of jobs and/or lower union pay (since private school teachers who are much better get paid less,among other things). Thats why democrats oppose vouchers, even though most black parents support them. Just like if the general lives of black people improve, they are less likely to support democrats. So it is in the interest of democrats to keep black people poor and angry and poor people poor. That is how they buy their votes by promising to help certain groups out, playing class warfare and the racecard. Dems create an industry out of racism and victimhood, instead of showing the people they profess to help the real way to wealth and happiness, which is of course: rational self-interest.
So, yes racism and poverty are industries for democrats. You could argue that oil or whatever is an industry for Republicans. But overall Republicans believe that adults are rational beings that are best left to make their own decisions and parents should make decisions for their children, not political unions with levelsof beauracracy.Democrats philosophically believe that people are helpless pitiful little creatures that need the government to run their lives. And yes, modern day Democrats are the modern day Slave Masters.