.cb new_rayz said:
SSI -Social security payments, which make up another 20% of the budget, are dependent on income– if you’ve put more into the system, you get higher payments when you retire.
This would work if the payments you were making to social security were actually tied to your name. However
the federal government in its infinite wisdom decided to borrow the money from Social Security to make the
budget look better. Social Security is counted as an asset instead of leaving it alone as an “savings plan” like it
was originally marketed to the people of the United States. Never mind that illegal aliens and individuals like my
grandfather who didn’t even pay into the system are getting benefits.
.cb new_rayz said:
Education- A good chunk of public school funding comes from state property taxes (at least in Texas), and obviously schools that sit on expensive land with extremely wealthy suburbs as their surroundings are clearly going to benefit more. This isn’t some misconception, some myth. If the wealth issue in schools didn’t have an effect, why do the numbers say other wise? It is clear that wealthier more funded school systems are going to have the edge over lesser funded schools. The opportunity for a rich kid to get into trouble, to make bad grades, to flunk out, IS MUCH LESS than a kid in a poor section. And don’t tell me the opportunity is equal for all public schools, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT. I went to a high school where we didn’t even have Advanced Placement Courses, because we simply didn’t have enough funding. So tell me, how is that fair again?
Ummmmm… my public high-school was made up of many middle class families… We did not have AP courses at all.
Individuals who wished to excel and take college courses ahead of time had to make do with relying upon themselves.
The point is that AP courses do not make a successful school. A successful school is made up of students that are willing
to put in time and effort. ANYONE can get a good education or even a good enough education if they are willing to
work for it. Nothing comes free and people should stop expecting handouts and life on a silver platter.
YouWinGameOver said:
That being said I do believe that it was our fault 9/11 happened in the first place. And no matter how much you may deny it, it is true.
Did you really just say that it was our fault that terrorists hijacked 4 planes and killed several thousand innocent people
because we somehow deserved it? Are you prepared to defend that to families of the victims? Please inform me how on
earth that was our fault…