I have a question for leftists. Besides having Democrats in control of everything...

[AzogtheDefiler]

Affordable as in you donot lose your house if you get sick.
Affordable as in you dont have to decide whether you pay for your life saving prescriptions or your electric bill.

Those are not definitions of "affordable" as they generalize things that are subjective.
I've been sick many times and never lost my house over it. So has everyone I know.
Do you think electricity should be free?

Damn...are you Stupid

We should have a society where people should not fear getting sick.
You get cancer or heart failure or MS you should not have to sell your house to pay for treatment.

Electricity is not free. But if you have to pay a thousand a month for a rare cancer drug, you should not have to choose between paying for your cancer medication and your other bills

Strawman....outstanding. We have the best healthcare in the world and you're bitching. I want free plumbing. Without it, I don't have water to shower or use the toilet. Is that not a right? You're a moron.

We have the best healthcare in the world if you can afford it.

Those who can’t must make life altering decisions. Other industrialized nations in the world don’t make you make that decision

And in those nations people die before they can see a doctor.

You have two/three choices for healthcare:

#1) Affordability
#2) Exceptional Quality
#3) Universality

Pick two...not one single country has all three

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Nope. It is for them. Better grades = better college = better job potential.

They'll have better grades anyway without an honour roll. That's just to make you feel better.

Wrong again, colleges look for that. How does that make ME feel better, brit? You're a weirdo.

 

[cnm]

And in those nations people die before they can see a doctor.

Oh gods.

 

[cnm]

Wrong again, colleges look for that.

Not SAT scores?

 

[cnm]

How does that make ME feel better

Vicarious pride.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Trump donated his annual $400k salary to charity. Thoughts?

Pay Trump the $400K and have him reimburse us for his trips to Mar-a-lago.

After all, Trump said he would be so busy, he would never leave the white house, and would never have time to play golf.

$1.6mil it is $400k per year.

Again, you want to tax the rich? So you want to punish success. Awesome!

 

[Orangecat]

Just look at Jeff Bezos. He doesn't drive a truck, he does't sort packages, and he doesn't distribute any of the goods. That's all done by the people who work for him. And in the end those workers made tens of thousands of dollars, while Bezos made $40 billion.

Bezos makes billions because he built a company that provides a popular service and employs tens of thousands of people who have voluntarily agreed to perform a task for a set wage.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Wrong again, colleges look for that.

Not SAT scores?

Yes. There is something called the National Honor Society. SAT scores are 1/4

SATs
Grades
Recommendations
Sports/Clubs

 

[cnm]

You have two/three choices for healthcare:

#1) Affordability
#2) Exceptional Quality
#3) Universality

What logic defying bullshit.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

How does that make ME feel better

Vicarious pride.

Not remotely. I actually could not care less about their grades. My wife does. I want them to succeed so when I am no longer here they are self sufficient. Sucks. Makes me a terrible dad, I know.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

You have two/three choices for healthcare:

#1) Affordability
#2) Exceptional Quality
#3) Universality

What logic defying bullshit.

Really? Name one country that has all three. I'll patiently wait, Brit.

 

[meaner gene]

After all, Trump said he would be so busy, he would never leave the white house, and would never have time to play golf.

$1.6mil it is $400k per year.

Trump's Golf Trips Could Cost Taxpayers Over $340 Million...

 

[dudmuck]

Wait so Donald Trump gets more benefits than I do from the military?

259 Military Crews Refueled at the Airport Closest to Trump ...

Trump's Turnberry resort has made nearly $200,000 from US military ... for the military crews that arrive in C-130 Hercules transport aircraft

Trump donated his annual $400k salary to charity. Thoughts?

Trump's golfing cost was $141 million when all expenses included.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

After all, Trump said he would be so busy, he would never leave the white house, and would never have time to play golf.

$1.6mil it is $400k per year.

Trump's Golf Trips Could Cost Taxpayers Over $340 Million...

Link it. LOL

$340Mil. LMAO!!! CNN strikes again.

 

[rightwinger]

Get government out of "education" if you dont like the cost

Government has ALWAYS been involved in education

it is what made America Great

Now we have kids who graduate who can't read, know nothing about geography or history, and all many can do is practice for and take a test.

Public School Education is the great equalizer in our society

It allows the richest kid in town to sit next to the poorest kid in town and receive the same education.

I agree everyone needs access to affordable education, but are you worried about its long history of mediocrity, and do you think it is ok to hold people back like cancelling higher math in Virginia? What if people want to create institutions that teach advanced things beyond government boundaries? Will we keep people down to be fair?

I don’t think we keep our best students down. They will always find a way to succeed.
But Education is more than pandering to our finest students.
If we can turn an F student into a C student we are helping his chances to succeed in life

This post is so misguided it shows the stupidity of so many voters. Dude, you're a loser and you want people who succeed to dumb themselves down to your level. People like you are eliminating the honor roll from my kids school because the kids who didn't achieve it, their parents felt bad. Boooo hooo. People like you make me ill.

You know what?
The honor roll kids are going to be OK.

The kids who are struggling to get Cs do not deserve to be ignored just so your honor roll kid can get into a better school.

If you can take a failing student or struggling student and teach them the skills to succeed in life, it is just as important as getting your Honor Roll student into Harvard

Loser mentality. What does "Be OK" mean? You're saying my kids don't work hard and are gifted those grades? Maybe the student is failing due to poor study habits. How about giving them an incentive, which is the honor roll vs. saying its OK to be mediocre? You really are a fucking waste of space. Thankfully you're old.

Your kids are going to be OK
They will get into a good school and succeed in life.

But to put our educational resources solely into helping them do better at the expense of struggling students is misguided.

Helping a kid who is destined to be a burden in society to become a functioning member of society is JUST as important as inflating the resume of your honor roll student.

Again, why do my kids do better? You're saying its on a whim? Bullshit. And why do certain kids struggle? Some kids also mature later. You are an idiot. You and your stupid Equity for all. Not how the world works. If my kid is in an accident I want the best doctor treating her. Someone who went to Harvard Med and I am taking her to the best hospital. Children's in Boston.

We want to take the best students and make them even better so that they can help us when we need them. Your idiocy is off the charts. Dude, you're stupid.

I imagine you are a good parent and your kids do well in school.

But what about the kids from broken homes and have parents who do not give a shit?

Do we spend all of our educational resources on helping those who are already succeeding or help those who are in danger of falling through the cracks to become functioning members of society?

 

[cnm]

Yes. There is something called the National Honor Society. SAT scores are 1/4

SATs
Grades
Recommendations
Sports/Clubs

Interesting

The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achievement), leadership, service, and character. The National Honor Society requires some sort of service to the community, school, or other organizations.​

 

[Orangecat]

Trump donated his annual $400k salary to charity. Thoughts?

Surely man-of-the-people Joe Biden does the same, right? He's already quite wealthy.

 

[cnm]

Bullshit they rammed it through.

Congress did not fund it.

 

[meaner gene]

Bezos makes billions because he built a company that provides a popular service and employs tens of thousands of people who have voluntarily agreed to perform a task for a set wage.

Or Bezos could share the fruits of his workers labor with his workers. If you take what Bezos made, he could give each employee a $50,000 bonus, and still make billions of dollars.

 

[Orangecat]

But to put our educational resources solely into helping them do better at the expense of struggling students is misguided.

That is not, nor has ever, been the case. You've bought into divisive marxist propaganda.