Farm aid 30th anniversary

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

when we have them grow weed, the deficit will disappear. Duh. The people have already spoken on the issue. i can't believe one those republican mooks running against Trump hasn't figured it out.

Rand Paul favors legalization, right? Or does he support legalization of it but not taxation?

I read Colorado has to vote on whether to put the surplus pot tax money into education or give it back to the public. As the average payback will be between $6 and $16 per person, I hope they do the right thing and put it in education.

[Alabama Stakes]

That would be the thing to do . Make college free and educate the next generation so we go back to being the smartest, not just the toughest nation around

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

That would be the thing to do . Make college free and educate the next generation so we go back to being the smartest, not just the toughest nation around

At this point, it's Colorado's primary education that needs the money; it's been underfunded for years.

But I agree that state and city schools should go back to being free. There was an interesting piece on the Ivies and how the fact that donations to them are tax-free has enabled them to build up HUGE endowments, while state schools struggle for money.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/201...ls-in-america/

(Note: while I find this article hilarious in its implication that only liberal politicians went to Ivy Leagues, I do agree that reforming the endowment system is a good idea. Harvard has $38 BILLION in endowments.)

I don't agree with the suggestion of using endowments towards lowering tuition at Ivy schools, though. The majority of the students have no difficulty paying the tuition (or rather, their parents don't). Where the money needs to go is state schools, which serve far more of the middle and working class.

[saratogadew]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

That would be the thing to do . Make college free and educate the next generation so we go back to being the smartest, not just the toughest nation around

To quote Judge Smails, "The world needs ditch diggers too"

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by saratogadew

To quote Judge Smails, "The world needs ditch diggers too"

we sure do.
do we pay them poverty wages tho, even tho we need them?

[saratogadew]

I guess it's a sliding scale like any other profession. The best ditch digger makes top dollar. The worst ditch diggers make the least. That's why capitalism is such a great economic system. The worst ditch diggers will see the best ditch diggers, with their large house, fast car, big bankroll, pretty wife, and strive to do a better job so they can live a better life. What a great motivating economic system!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by saratogadew

I guess it's a sliding scale like any other profession. The best ditch digger makes top dollar. The worst ditch diggers make the least. That's why capitalism is such a great economic system. The worst ditch diggers will see the best ditch diggers, with their large house, fast car, big bankroll, pretty wife, and strive to do a better job so they can live a better life. What a great motivating economic system!

yeah...yeah, that's how it works. thanks.

I'd suggest you look up Thomas piketty...and then buy his book.
be sure to read it, too.

[saratogadew]

Purchase Mark Hendrickson's "Problems With Piketty": The Flaws and Falacies in "Capital in the Twenty First Century"

Get right on it now...........You're welcome



and now back to....... Farm Aid 30th Anniversary

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by saratogadew

To quote Judge Smails, "The world needs ditch diggers too"

Hence . Italians. Very good with a shovel . Be it dirt or snow, Italia is the way to go

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Rand Paul favors legalization, right? Or does he support legalization of it but not taxation?

I read Colorado has to vote on whether to put the surplus pot tax money into education or give it back to the public. As the average payback will be between $6 and $16 per person, I hope they do the right thing and put it in education.

we need more money in education, and we need to expand the school year.
poor kids lose more ground than the rest of the students each summer...they fall further and further behind every school year.
so just think if we had school with a week break now and then? and yes, we could afford it!!
it almost makes me wonder if portions of the govt or their funders just want to have a huge, poor class--they sure aren't competition if they have no chance to get in the race.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

we need more money in education, and we need to expand the school year.
poor kids lose more ground than the rest of the students each summer...they fall further and further behind every school year.
so just think if we had school with a week break now and then? and yes, we could afford it!!
it almost makes me wonder if portions of the govt or their funders just want to have a huge, poor class--they sure aren't competition if they have no chance to get in the race.

I think the best thing we could do to improve schools is to integrate them. We don't like to, because busing costs money and (understandably) parents don't love the idea of a kid having to travel an hour or more to and from school and (less understandably, but no less true), people are racist. But the areas that do make a commitment to diversifying schools really do see the benefits.

This is a long article about Louisville's school district, but well worth the time to read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...gation/388532/

(Note: I live in NYC, which has some of the most segregated schools in the nation)

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I think the best thing we could do to improve schools is to integrate them. We don't like to, because busing costs money and (understandably) parents don't love the idea of a kid having to travel an hour or more to and from school and (less understandably, but no less true), people are racist. But the areas that do make a commitment to diversifying schools really do see the benefits.

This is a long article about Louisville's school district, but well worth the time to read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...gation/388532/

(Note: I live in NYC, which has some of the most segregated schools in the nation)

we are so lazy...
oh, we did that for a bit, but it's haaaard. sigh and yeah, it works when you do it.