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Rebubula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-10 12:17 PM
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91. Stop the WAR MACHINE!
That is the biggest threat to the US economic security.

Then we could fully fund schools and healthcare.

Of course, that is far too simple to work...
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  -Have you all been paying attention to what's happening to schools in this country? proud2BlibKansan  Feb-28-10 12:37 PM   #0 
  - Look, if my healthcare is going to be for-profit, education can be too  leftstreet   Feb-28-10 12:44 PM   #1 
  - CHEAP LABOR GOP.... keep them dumb.... under pay.... lose the ladder to success....  happygoluckytoyou   Mar-01-10 11:54 AM   #86 
  - Public schools face budget cuts because States face budget cuts  stray cat   Feb-28-10 12:46 PM   #2 
  - The biggest budget item for states is public education  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 01:31 PM   #18 
  - The Fed. revenues during the Clinton admin have disappeared and  peggygirl   Mar-01-10 06:52 AM   #60 
  - Separation of the haves and have-not is at full throttle.  HCE SuiGeneris   Feb-28-10 12:49 PM   #3 
  - Quite True!!! n/t  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 01:09 PM   #13 
  - Exactly.  northofdenali   Feb-28-10 06:09 PM   #41 
  - It's also a backdoor military draft.  ananda   Mar-01-10 10:47 AM   #76 
  - +1 This is just a part of the attack.  Jakes Progress   Mar-01-10 11:47 AM   #84 
  - In a republican paradise  Turbineguy   Feb-28-10 12:50 PM   #4 
  - the budget issues are just one part of it (and, wow, we know they are serious when they cut SPORTS  niyad   Feb-28-10 12:51 PM   #5 
  - I agree with you completely. It's all been intentional. nt  Flying Dream Blues   Feb-28-10 01:04 PM   #11 
  - The problems that are showing up in schools are just symptoms  Catshrink   Feb-28-10 01:13 PM   #14 
  - Excellent analysis! n/t  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 01:17 PM   #16 
  - +1.  raccoon   Mar-01-10 09:42 AM   #71 
  - +1  redqueen   Mar-01-10 09:58 AM   #73 
  - More steps to bring the US into a third world country, and we are already there  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 01:15 PM   #15 
  - When tax receipts go down  hack89   Feb-28-10 12:54 PM   #6 
  - It's not just tax receipts. We're also seeing a child population drop.  Xithras   Mar-01-10 12:58 PM   #94 
  - I live in the single County in the United States with the verifiably worst education system  ThomWV   Feb-28-10 12:59 PM   #7 
  - Quite distressing to hear. My fear is in the future there will be many more counties  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 01:28 PM   #17 
  - Exactly.  Catshrink   Feb-28-10 01:32 PM   #19 
     - I wish education were the top priority in the US. Often I think parents  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 01:42 PM   #22 
  - The sad thing is, though, that even kids in the best  truedelphi   Feb-28-10 09:37 PM   #48 
  - Why not close all public schools & charter schools  montanacowboy   Feb-28-10 01:00 PM   #8 
  - Why not close all public schools & charter schools  montanacowboy   Feb-28-10 01:00 PM   #9 
  - Why not close all public schools & charter schools  montanacowboy   Feb-28-10 01:00 PM   #10 
  - Yeah. I work for a school district and saw over 200 teacher let go two years ago. The number this  1monster   Feb-28-10 01:07 PM   #12 
  - It's terrible here in Arizona too  DesertRat   Feb-28-10 01:39 PM   #20 
  - That sure seems like republican fare, go after the defenseless. What creatures republicans are...  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 02:28 PM   #29 
  - Cuts in our area...  CoffeeCat   Feb-28-10 01:40 PM   #21 
  - The GOP is trying to get districts here in KS to consolidate  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 01:46 PM   #23 
     - This is clearly an insane approach to a solution. I have no idea how the US thinks  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 02:19 PM   #25 
  - we made the concious decision not to have children...  dysfunctional press   Feb-28-10 01:54 PM   #24 
  - Given the future, that is IMO a wise decision. I'm also afraid property taxes will start  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 02:22 PM   #27 
  - Well, there is a connection between quality of schools and property values  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 02:41 PM   #30 
  - so...?  dysfunctional press   Feb-28-10 06:24 PM   #42 
     - So if your property taxes go up and the schools benefit it's a win win  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 06:47 PM   #43 
        - not for us- as i've already mentioned- we have no kids, and no plans to sell.  dysfunctional press   Feb-28-10 09:34 PM   #47 
        - Wow.  progressoid   Mar-01-10 07:01 AM   #61 
        - i doubt that the population is going to get that much less intelligent...  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 11:29 AM   #79 
        - And the value of your property means nothing to you  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-01-10 07:50 AM   #65 
        - if we aren't planning on selling- why would it...?  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 11:27 AM   #78 
        - So it's not just conservatives who think that way. nt  raccoon   Mar-01-10 09:49 AM   #72 
           - it's more about being on a fixed income than political point-of-view.  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 11:31 AM   #80 
              - Lots of working people are on a fixed income, essentially, since they don't get raises.  raccoon   Mar-01-10 11:50 AM   #85 
                 - they also have many more options than a disabled person...  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 12:28 PM   #92 
        - Property taxes are NOT equivalent to property values  Number9Dream   Mar-01-10 12:04 PM   #88 
  - Newsflash  DefenseLawyer   Mar-01-10 07:43 AM   #63 
  - where did i ever say "cut my taxes"...?  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 11:37 AM   #82 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-01-10 11:44 AM   #83 
     - Or taxes wasted on shady bond swaps or extravagances  Number9Dream   Mar-01-10 01:22 PM   #97 
        - a lot of those things(apart from the laptops) should be paid for by 'booster' clubs...  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 02:06 PM   #98 
  - If you ever plan to retire, dysfunctional press whether on a pension or on your savings  JDPriestly   Mar-01-10 12:40 PM   #93 
     - i'm 49, and i'm already retired. i retired when i was 38...  dysfunctional press   Mar-01-10 02:14 PM   #99 
        - If you retired early due to disability, you either rely on some form of  JDPriestly   Mar-02-10 11:23 AM   #103 
           - i have no investments to rely on. i have social security...  dysfunctional press   Mar-02-10 08:40 PM   #105 
              - Whether Social Security continues to exist depends on how well  JDPriestly   Mar-03-10 01:03 PM   #106 
                 - it's a chance i'm more than willing to take.  dysfunctional press   Mar-03-10 10:06 PM   #107 
  - I've been too busy monitoring the news regaring my son's 4th grade teacher who shot  Kalyke   Feb-28-10 02:21 PM   #26 
  - What have our schools become... I was also reading a posting about bullying in  RKP5637   Feb-28-10 02:25 PM   #28 
  - Well fortunately he isn't teaching anymore  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 02:41 PM   #31 
  - We pay lip service to education in this country  nadinbrzezinski   Feb-28-10 02:42 PM   #32 
  - bump  Catshrink   Feb-28-10 04:07 PM   #33 
  - At some point we will realize, we are a failed state.  EFerrari   Feb-28-10 04:10 PM   #34 
  - Yes we are definitely failing our children  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 05:44 PM   #38 
  - Today our nation cannot afford to educate our kids.  truedelphi   Feb-28-10 09:41 PM   #49 
  - You are so correct.  arcadian   Feb-28-10 10:04 PM   #50 
     - Yes, this is how the people of Haiti feel.  EFerrari   Feb-28-10 10:45 PM   #53 
  - Yes. My district went to 4-day weeks for this year.  LWolf   Feb-28-10 04:19 PM   #35 
  - Yes I thought of you when I read my paper this morning  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 05:08 PM   #36 
     - I'm hearing these stories from all over the nation.  LWolf   Feb-28-10 06:05 PM   #40 
  - Yes  libodem   Feb-28-10 05:30 PM   #37 
  - But don't the executives and billionaires need another yacht or something?  MichiganVote   Feb-28-10 05:59 PM   #39 
  - Well now that you mention it,  proud2BlibKansan   Feb-28-10 08:30 PM   #44 
  - We are IN an economic depression....  sendero   Feb-28-10 08:37 PM   #45 
  - Mitch Daniels (R-Repugnant) is cutting $300 million from IN schools  AwakeAtLast   Feb-28-10 08:45 PM   #46 
  - k and r  amborin   Feb-28-10 10:20 PM   #51 
  - Yet another symptom of a nation in decline  depakid   Feb-28-10 10:25 PM   #52 
  - Our school system has already announced cuts for the coming year.  DollyM   Mar-01-10 12:16 AM   #54 
  - So that fuckhead Reagan's dream continues to prosper:  Zoeisright   Mar-01-10 12:21 AM   #55 
  - My mom works for a school district and they have to hand out pink slips on Friday.  Initech   Mar-01-10 12:22 AM   #56 
  - America the greatest nation on earth!  Egnever   Mar-01-10 12:31 AM   #57 
  - +10  Fire1   Mar-01-10 09:25 AM   #66 
  - And some are using Neil Bush's educational software !!!  ClayZ   Mar-01-10 02:17 AM   #58 
  - And the rich keep on getting richer  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-01-10 06:46 AM   #59 
  - If every politician runs on the "No taxes" platform  DefenseLawyer   Mar-01-10 07:36 AM   #62 
  - +1. . . . Taxes are Patriotic  annabanana   Mar-01-10 09:29 AM   #68 
  - Yeah, if you cut taxes you have to either (1) make up the money somewhere else, or (2) cut services.  raccoon   Mar-01-10 10:01 AM   #74 
  - "Yeah! Cut mah taxes FEREVER!! How is THAT a bad plan??"  HughBeaumont   Mar-01-10 02:32 PM   #101 
  - Well, consider the GOP logic...  blueworld   Mar-01-10 07:48 AM   #64 
  - New course of study: How to kiss up to rich people n/t  janet118   Mar-01-10 12:59 PM   #95 
  - Result of repub policies from 2000-2008  4_TN_TITANS   Mar-01-10 09:27 AM   #67 
  - What do we do about it?  Jim__   Mar-01-10 09:33 AM   #69 
  - chicago public schools has ended support for all fine arts competitions  mopinko   Mar-01-10 09:39 AM   #70 
  - "Extracurricular activities"  MicaelS   Mar-01-10 10:14 AM   #75 
  - I'll go ahead and disagree with you.  DefenseLawyer   Mar-01-10 12:05 PM   #89 
  - All of the research disagrees with you.  Xithras   Mar-01-10 01:06 PM   #96 
     - Band was the only thing that motivated me to go to high school each day.  callous taoboy   Mar-02-10 11:58 AM   #104 
  - Even though we expect to homeschool our kids, we are part of a group to increase taxes  AllyCat   Mar-01-10 10:59 AM   #77 
  - I've homeschooled my daughter for three or four years now.  Maat   Mar-01-10 09:16 PM   #102 
  - So much of it starts with parents  wizstars   Mar-01-10 11:35 AM   #81 
  - Killing the baby and throwing out the bathwater! Deformed/Reform  cjbgreen   Mar-01-10 12:04 PM   #87 
  - Well, our spanking brand new high school to which the village children  Skidmore   Mar-01-10 12:12 PM   #90 
  - Stop the WAR MACHINE!  Rebubula   Mar-01-10 12:17 PM   #91 
  - While my daughter is only in elementary school, the  LibertyLover   Mar-01-10 02:22 PM   #100 
 

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