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Do you know that inner city schools get far more funding than others?
Do you know that inner city schools get far more funding than others?I don't understand this argument.
The US education system is much more decentralized than a lot of other countries. Most funding and decisions are made at the state and local level.
The decentralization is part of the problem. Massachusetts took the PISA tests to see how they ranked compared to the rest of the world. They were among the top school systems in the world in reading, science, and math. Compare that to other states where education is underfunded and schools aren't a top priority.
Please explain what "damage" he has done. I am all ears.In other words, he is insane.
Despite all the damage Trump has done, we still have the largest and most successful economy in the world with manageable inflation and record low unemployment.
Trump wants to change that. That is crazy.
That what others?Do you know that inner city schools get far more funding than others?
I am saying that schools in high crime areas such as the inner cities get FAR more money AND armed guards.That what others?
I wouldn't be surprised that it takes more to run a school in NYC than it does to run one in Mobile Alabama or Tampa Florida. I'm looking at a list of the top 50 school districts and most tend to fall in NY/NJ or Chicago.
Or are you saying that a poor school in Mississippi gets more funding per pupil than the rich side of town?
Capitalism is an amoral system. Without regulation it's only concern is the maximization of profit.I personally tend to think that capitalism cannot be trusted to run itself, and requires regulatory and legal limits to prevent the excesses it naturally trends towards, which will harm people.
Do you consider a government imposing tariffs to be a form of authoritarianism?
I am saying that schools in high crime areas such as the inner cities get FAR more money AND armed guards.
Trump has a vision of taking America back to a time when most people worked in factories, and he's actually trying to force that vision on the rest of us. His use of tariffs is a clear example of government central planning, just on a small scale. He's using state power to try to reshape the American economy according to his own personal preferences.
It’s important to understand that tariffs are built on the same logic as central planning: the belief that government officials should override voluntary exchange and market signals to engineer a particular economic outcome. That’s the dangerous idea behind it.
Thankfully, Trump only has limited power, because this is still a free country. The U.S. is not a socialist state with a centrally planned economy.
But let’s think about how much damage he can do using only tariffs. Then imagine if he had control over the entire economy: wages, prices, raw materials, labor markets - every input. That would be a disaster. And we already have a name for that kind of system: socialism, which is public control over the means of production.
Trump is demonstrating to us why socialist countries are so poor - and why their people are often so miserable that the government has to build walls to keep them from escaping.
If you want prosperity, and the freedom to buy what you want, from who you want , then the answer is capitalism and largely free markets, not state control or central planning.
Trump does not believe in free market capitalism. If it is not rigged it is not what he wants. He is the reincarnation of the "Robber Barons" only much dumber. He is a moron actually.Trump has a vision of taking America back to a time when most people worked in factories, and he's actually trying to force that vision on the rest of us. His use of tariffs is a clear example of government central planning, just on a small scale. He's using state power to try to reshape the American economy according to his own personal preferences.
It’s important to understand that tariffs are built on the same logic as central planning: the belief that government officials should override voluntary exchange and market signals to engineer a particular economic outcome. That’s the dangerous idea behind it.
Thankfully, Trump only has limited power, because this is still a free country. The U.S. is not a socialist state with a centrally planned economy.
But let’s think about how much damage he can do using only tariffs. Then imagine if he had control over the entire economy: wages, prices, raw materials, labor markets - every input. That would be a disaster. And we already have a name for that kind of system: socialism, which is public control over the means of production.
Trump is demonstrating to us why socialist countries are so poor - and why their people are often so miserable that the government has to build walls to keep them from escaping.
If you want prosperity, and the freedom to buy what you want, from who you want , then the answer is capitalism and largely free markets, not state control or central planning.
Now the President is threatening to start a war with Iran.In other words, he is insane.
Why is that a problem? hat system is better?Capitalism is an amoral system. Without regulation it's only concern is the maximization of profit.
Think about it a little longer.Why is that a problem? hat system is better?
Maybe, but you are also very good at it.And creating alternative facts is something all Trumpers do.
Since you are saying you did not intend to make sense, why should anyone care what you say?no question just pointing out that your post may not have meant as much as you thought it did
lolSince you are saying you did not intend to make sense, why should anyone care what you say?
OK. I did. Now what?Think about it a little longer.
Capitalism is an amoral system.
Without regulation it's only concern is the maximization of profit.
Are you suggesting that is a primary goal of capitalism?On the contrary, capitalism is profoundly moral, since it has pulled literally billions of people out of poverty.
Are you suggesting that is a primary goal of capitalism?
I don't dispute that capitalism, independent of various social conditions, has the ability to lift an individual from poverty.No, that's just one of the its many benefits, and I notice you didn't dispute it.
I would say the primary goal of capitalism is the efficient allocation of limited resources.
No, that's just one of the its many benefits, and I notice you didn't dispute it.
I would say the primary goal of capitalism is the efficient allocation of limited resources.
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