Re: School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor 'waste of money,' parent clai
Please explain why you think this is common core. Then please demonstrate you have even a modicum of understanding of what common core even is.
Slyfox.
1. The test's text makes it clear in other instances the difference between "government run" things and generalized notions, so simply stating that Republicans think "we should not help the poor" is not accurate. Your own post refelcts that, pointing out that even those who seemingly say the government shouldn't help in any fashion typically still support the notion of charities or others to assist the poor. Suggesting that the government shouldn't utilize tax payer funds to specifically just help "the poor" is a decidingly different comment than not wanting to help the poor in a broad general sense.
But this quiz seems to be pretty clear it's referring to a preferred sense of governing, and Republicans prefer their government not to spend money on those they feel don't deserve it, which is usually poor people. And I'm not even passing judgment on the rightness or wrongness of such a position (I tend to think there's a lot of people who do deserve help and plenty who don't), but it IS a Republican/conservative position (at least for the last several years especially) that government should cut the amount of money it spends helping those who are poor.
2. What you're describing is actually not the seemingly standard view of the majority of Republicans or the Republican Party. Perhaps you can point me to something I've missed, but I rarely see conservatives/republicans suggesting we should cease any and all aid provided by the government to people or that all social safety nets must be completely and utterly removed. Indeed, some go to that strong extreme, but to suggest it's the standard view of the party is a bit ridiculous.
And not all communists think people who are not equal should die. But the point remains that, as a general rule, politicians within the Republican party think we waste too much money helping those who don't have money.
This isn't really even a debate. If I felt like it, I'm sure I can find plenty of instances of Republicans whining about SSDI, Obamaphones, subsidies for ACA, etc. The idea Republicans don't generally complain about government spending on the poor is just really not worth entertaining.
Now to this issue in general...
The general balance of the questions, not to mention the gross over simplification of many things, does no student an honest service in terms of learning or understanding politicla ideologies and what their general view points are in an accurate and fairly presented fashion. However, it's hard to levy some kind of wide ranging condemnation over something based on what seems a very limited amount of information to go off of.
I agree 100%. But what I find more disconcerting is the idea this was presented to a class of 16 year olds...if this quiz is legitimate (and I always have my doubts, given how often these things turn out to be bogus), then the real disservice is such an oversimplification to a class of students who should have the mental maturity to process much deeper thoughts.
They don't "say" it they just do it. :shrug:
Whether we agree on this or not is irrelevant. Republicans SAY it. It's a position they keep.
Liberal/Progressives don't need to say anything. They just do it. One small example.
But irrelevant. These are they types of things Republicans SAY. They make this a position.
Who is the most impacted by the massive illegal alien invasion encouraged by Liberal/Progressives? Minorities who have jobs stolen from them. Look at the unemployment rate in Black communities.
These are the same minorities Liberal/Progressives have been getting on their high horse about claiming they are the only ones trying to help them. Yea right.
So, Case closed.
I'm sorry, all I heard was "blah blah blah, I'm incapable of disproving the point, so I'm going to continue to engage in red herrings".
Whether Democrats believe in such a policy for immigrants or not is irrelevant, as they never CLAIM such a position. Republicans do claim the position that our government wastes money on helping the poor.