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Agree with one caveat... it's not the government fucking you, it's the rich elite
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Posted by buzz on 2012-05-02 23:28:09

In Reply to: For all the problems we have going on right now in America and throughout the world, one sticks out posted by Captain Hindsight on 2012-05-02 22:38:37

Government is inefficient and often incompetent, but they are the lone barrier against being poached by corporations.

While both are necessary to hedge against one another, a lot of money has been spent to make people think that things are the fault of government rather than corporate greed.

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For all the problems we have going on right now in America and throughout the world, one sticks out - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-02 22:38:37 (216 views)

schools need more funding but the world is full of stupid people, not just uneducated ones - Heath 2012-05-03 15:16:57 (83 views)

as to spending, govt. or otherwise, key is to recognize the diff. between productive investment - Max 2012-05-03 12:18:05 (102 views)

and imo it goes back to the parents and citizen. you get what you want and a summer home, big boat - Lefty 2012-05-03 08:47:19 (107 views)

It's not that simple - ajbry 2012-05-03 07:33:37 (154 views)

Tenure for teachers is a fallacy. A good principal can fire anyone... - Abe 2012-05-03 19:37:07 (80 views)

that's a bigger problem. How many good principals are there? - DC Warrior 2012-05-04 08:06:24 (68 views)

Obama's mostly pushing associate degrees for work retraining - nate 2012-05-03 10:19:14 (149 views)

Obama never actually said that, though. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 08:36:43 (135 views)

You're right -- my mistake - ajbry 2012-05-03 09:08:23 (122 views)

California's decline in funding way predates the recent downturn. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 12:51:33 (88 views)

Related - Harvard and MIT putting free courses online - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-03 11:43:03 (82 views)

MIT's courses have actually been online for almost a decade now - buzz 2012-05-03 11:58:00 (83 views)

I just skimmed the article but it sounded like you could take the class and take exams online now - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-03 13:16:38 (85 views)

Yes - buzz 2012-05-03 15:16:31 (80 views)

He's actually done a lot for education, one of the first things he did. - Thelonious Dunk 2012-05-03 10:35:35 (100 views)

He has not been a good president for k-12 public education. - Abe 2012-05-03 19:39:32 (72 views)

true, my kind words come mostly from his higher education policies. - Thelonious Dunk 2012-05-03 21:10:54 (74 views)

This isn't solely about Presidents - ajbry 2012-05-03 11:04:15 (95 views)

You said Obama is just talking but not doing anything. - Thelonious Dunk 2012-05-03 11:11:15 (94 views)

If you take it literally, sure - ajbry 2012-05-03 11:17:37 (83 views)

Teaching credential is not really grad school. - Thelonious Dunk 2012-05-03 12:02:30 (108 views)

+1. Nobody wants to look at each and every factor. They simply - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 08:08:42 (107 views)

The biggest problem is assholes like you thinking that you - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 06:09:29 (162 views)

I'm not concerned with what yo have to say. It is your kind that are pushing us into the abyss. - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 10:11:43 (102 views)

It is "my kind" trying to save the country from "your kind". - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 11:13:12 (117 views)

LOL. Says the little man curled up in his shell wishing he could go back to 1958 - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 16:17:37 (78 views)

"my kind" is human. does "your kind" have extremely developed tentacles or something? - bongo 2012-05-03 12:45:00 (77 views)

No. I am extremely open minded, actually. - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 12:22:37 (94 views)

"And of course you don't want to hear anything that runs counter to your opinion." - dude 2012-05-03 11:22:50 (101 views)

Says Exhibit A - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 08:01:51 (109 views)

LOL, fuck you - Flashfire 2012-05-03 07:57:47 (134 views)

Your constant man-fantasies aside, try explaining yourself. - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 08:44:23 (98 views)

Everyone here is far more educated than you are - Flashfire 2012-05-03 09:12:22 (118 views)

No, they aren't, and even if they all had six degrees, degrees - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 11:17:20 (105 views)

There's something to that. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 12:52:35 (104 views)

thanks for outing yourself as an anti-intellectual POS lol - jtown 2012-05-03 12:50:07 (86 views)

So testing your hypothesis where is your success? You can't even find a permanent job lol - extremely developed tentacles 2012-05-03 11:44:59 (89 views)

ROTFLMAO - Flashfire 2012-05-03 11:41:35 (85 views)

The rich want a 3rd world structure to America - Hoser 2012-05-02 23:37:12 (147 views)

BS. - gsw_hoops 2012-05-03 08:43:24 (99 views)

The less educated our nation is, the easier it will be of convincing them anything. - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 00:30:21 (115 views)

Re: The less educated our nation is, the easier it will be of convincing them anything. - Hoser 2012-05-03 09:30:21 (104 views)

kind of like saying that drugs have a lot of the blame for people becoming addicts. - bongo 2012-05-03 10:27:58 (96 views)

Yes - Shallow Hal 2012-05-02 23:31:28 (98 views)

Couldn't agree more. We are being SOOOO short sighted when it comes to education - Jim Barnett 2012-05-02 23:28:27 (130 views)

I agree with those points. We need school funded one way or the other, and I truely - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 00:15:40 (112 views)

Agree with one caveat... it's not the government fucking you, it's the rich elite - buzz 2012-05-02 23:28:09 (239 views)

Was just gonna say the same thing. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 08:02:55 (122 views)

it's not even ALL of the rich elite, it's CEOs of the mega-corps and the industry groups - DC Warrior 2012-05-03 12:44:29 (93 views)

Good point. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 12:58:57 (95 views)

No doubt corporations are a huge problem as well. - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 00:12:24 (129 views)

One is a much bigger problem than the other in this historical moment - buzz 2012-05-03 00:36:34 (113 views)

It helps perpetuate things for people in power. - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-02 23:01:01 (147 views)

The gov. can be pretty ignorant sometimes, but they can't surely be - Captain Hindsight 2012-05-03 00:09:15 (133 views)

"The government." - Earl j. Slick 2012-05-03 08:09:18 (123 views)

there's a direct corrollation btw being uneducated and having socially conservative values. - jtown 2012-05-02 23:29:56 (133 views)

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