tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post1728406145452091646..comments2024-01-24T11:31:17.214-08:00Comments on The Dad App: A New Morning in AmericaMcCord Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341524921094467756noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-48054118062251702692012-03-12T18:48:25.627-07:002012-03-12T18:48:25.627-07:00Another excellent piece. If Reagan hadn't beg...Another excellent piece. If Reagan hadn't begun the dismantling of the middle class, we wouldn't be seeing the desperation we are seeing now.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-86999441621816413672012-02-01T19:38:17.456-08:002012-02-01T19:38:17.456-08:00I will not respond to many of your points because ...I will not respond to many of your points because they are either false or misleading. For example, the focus on the Department of Education is a red herring because most K-12 education spending takes place at the state and local levels and between fiscal years 2008 and 2012, California funding for K-12 education dropped 23%, nearly one quarter. Rather, I will ask again the two key questions which your original post raised but which you ignore in your response: If not the government, then whom? If not political, then how?mwaitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303294452918819024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-14734188966031330322012-01-29T18:41:28.440-08:002012-01-29T18:41:28.440-08:00One final thought about government's role.
I t...One final thought about government's role.<br />I think our biggest disagreement lies in the way we think those receiving government help will respond to that help.<br />I believe that over time, that help will be taken for granted, expected, even demanded. The more it's freely given, the LESS grateful its recipients will be. And most important, they will be less and less inclined to trust their own self suffiency. It fosters a lack of self confidence. After all, the implication is that they cannot make it without government help. Don't be surprised when they believe it, and then feel cheated when the money stops. It really isn't heartless to tell someone they have the ability to make it on their own. It IS heartless to imply otherwise.<br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-4547452344953966482012-01-29T17:31:36.410-08:002012-01-29T17:31:36.410-08:00You say The Department of Ed. had a 41.67 billion ...You say The Department of Ed. had a 41.67 billion budget in 2010? Do you think children are better educated now than they were before 1980? I don't. We were educated before there ever was a "Department of Education". So let's at least admit government's inefficiency.<br />You shouldn't declare as "heartless" those of us interested in seeing Government improve. Nancy Pelosi didn't need Air Force Two, and a fully stocked bar everytime she jetted back to San Fransisco while Speaker of the House. She is a perfect example of governmental arrogance.<br />Be honest, how much empathy do you think that horrid little woman has? I at least have the decency to acknowledge that yours and Mac's hearts are in the right place, whether you agree with me or not. I would appreciate the same consideration.<br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-2961076740765303752012-01-29T16:05:21.687-08:002012-01-29T16:05:21.687-08:00If the answers to the questions in the final parag...If the answers to the questions in the final paragraph are "none of the above," then I posit the question, "What is the solution?" In fact, the political solutions are the only ones that are feasible. Who is going to provide even a minimal level of health care? Not charitable giving, which according to the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel, totaled only $26.49 billion for human services in 2010. The budget for Medicare alone was $453 billion. That does not include other human services such as Medicaid, food stamps, and Head Start or any state spending on human services. The total charitable giving for education in 2010 was $41.67 billion. The 2010 budget for the Department of Education was $45.7 billion, which includes all education spending, not just K-12. That is federal spending alone, not state spending which accounts for the great bulk of education spending. California alone, for example spent $64.13 billion on K-12 education in 2011, more than the entire federal budget for education. If "none of the above," then whom? If not political, then how?mwaitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303294452918819024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-38380661692519507352012-01-29T14:41:58.167-08:002012-01-29T14:41:58.167-08:00Mr. Douthat has a point. I've recently watched...Mr. Douthat has a point. I've recently watched our beloved State Government quash a merger between St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospitals and University Hospital because of St. Mary's stance on birth control..... they didn't want to dipense it. It was a generous offer, and probably would have kept University Hosp. humming along.....now not to be.<br />So now St. Mary's is going to merge with Jewish Hospital.<br />Too bad. It was a generous offer that got the back of the state's ungrateful hand. There will be important services unnecessarily curtailed, and the poor may indeed suffer, thanks to the vanity of the "progressive" agenda.....pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-24613806270217375812012-01-28T13:17:46.442-08:002012-01-28T13:17:46.442-08:00The answer to your question in your last paragraph...The answer to your question in your last paragraph is "none of the above" How much more evidence do you need to realize this is not a problem that has a political solution.<br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677054195356770838.post-48652220630854176942012-01-27T16:31:45.348-08:002012-01-27T16:31:45.348-08:00There's a difference between getting a high sc...There's a difference between getting a high school education and getting a high school degree. In our zeal to boost graduation rates, we have watered down the curriculum,and deemed those unqualified as "high school graduates".... turned them over to State Universities to complete their high school education. (remedial studies) That, in my opinion, is the biggest reason we are seeing tuition rates go through the roof.<br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com