lower taxes and cut education and military 50 percent

[Marty Champions]

the surplus from cutting education and military will cover any losses of revenue do to lowering taxes


berni just acts like he can make things better


you are going to have to cut something to make the country better

[Dave D]

Cut education?

Where will the minds be stimulated?

[Marty Champions]

Cut education?

Where will the minds be stimulated?

you can learn everything from gene editing , coding to rocket science on youtube

public schools are dragging the country down

use your brain its not difficult to make things right

[Dave D]

you can learn everything from gene editing , coding to rocket science on youtube

public schools are dragging the country down

use your brain its not difficult to make things right

Tell that to children from abusive homes, parents that want them working in factories at age 6.....

[GigantorX]

Dept of Education is what, 50 billion a year?

DoD budget is 500-600 billion?

So you'd be cutting around 300 billion per year out of a 3.5 trillion dollar budget...well we don't actually have a true budget and haven't had one in years but you catch my drift.

Historically, tax rates have been around 20% of GDP, further cuts really won't make that much of a difference. It's a red herring for our economic ills.

[WalterWhite]

Keep education cut senator and congress salaries.

And add term limits.

[Walter Sobchak]

Overhaul welfare.

[El Diablo Blanco]

World wide America spends more on average for a K-12 student than any other country. Yet we're something like 20th when it comes to level of edumacation. Money is not the issue for our learning ailment. 

[drkaje]

What kind of dumbass wants to cut education?!

[Never1AShow]

Cut education?

Where will the minds be stimulated?

In this era of YouTube and almost universal computer access, education should be dirt cheap.  There is an amazing amount of free education on YouTube.  Stanford, Yale, Kahn academy.  It's the credential you pay for not the learning.  Learning is free and very cheap and accessible.

[Never1AShow]

What kind of dumbass wants to cut education?!

Me.  Massive amounts of waste, abuse and fraud.  99 percent of people in even civilized countries don't need more than 10th grade math.  Stem is a lie.  It's all pork, trying to do too much.  The goddamned times tables are easy to teach and learn.

[drkaje]

Me.  Massive amounts of waste, abuse and fraud.  99 percent of people in even civilized countries don't need more than 10th grade math.  Stem is a lie.  It's all pork, trying to do too much.  The goddamned times tables are easy to teach and learn.

Education is the only shot some people have. A country full of 10th grade educated fools is only going to fuck things up worse.... if that's even possible.

[Tapeworm]

In this era of YouTube and almost universal computer access, education should be dirt cheap.  There is an amazing amount of free education on YouTube.  Stanford, Yale, Kahn academy.  It's the credential you pay for not the learning.  Learning is free and very cheap and accessible.

There was a time when it looked like the internet was going to a good source of information.  It is to some degree.  You just have to wade through a lot of sales pitches these days and info tends to be 101ish.  The good old library is still where it's at imo for anything more than a basic overview.  Sadly.

Like recently: Earth augers - hex drive vs square drive.  "Yes, we can supply those!  And adapters!"  You can find nothing about advantages/disadvantages, why you would select one or the other.  Nothing but people wanting to sell you shit.  And I'd buy from the guy willing to provide a comparison.  I bang my head on this wall all the time.  Abrasive compatible hoses with regard to material, weight, and bend radius.  Pumps - actual non-biased comparisons by someone without a dog in the race.  There's nothing.  Just "ours best & best price, u buy nao!"  Ugh.

Cool of these schools to upload tho.

[Marty Champions]

berni wants to spend more on education and raise taxes lol!!!

[The True Adonis]

And add term limits.

Why?

I find term limits to be an affront to the will of the American people.  If the public wants someone in office, they should be allowed to serve until they are no longer wanted by the public.  Why set an arbitrary limitation?

Its not like there will be a dictator ever here.  Too many checks and balances and we have these things called laws.

I never understood the term limit argument and why its a thing.

[Dave D]

In this era of YouTube and almost universal computer access, education should be dirt cheap.  There is an amazing amount of free education on YouTube.  Stanford, Yale, Kahn academy.  It's the credential you pay for not the learning.  Learning is free and very cheap and accessible.

Very true, this site is evidence that everyone is an expert without a formal education.

However having youtube certified on a resume doesn't hold as much prestige as it used to...

[Primemuscle]

you can learn everything from gene editing , coding to rocket science on youtube

public schools are dragging the country down

use your brain its not difficult to make things right

Do you consider yourself a good example of this theory?

[Primemuscle]

Keep education cut senator and congress salaries.

Please share your calculations on how much this will save us.

[Primemuscle]

And add term limits.

I'm all for term limits. I don't get how term limits will save us tax dollars.

I take it you are not a big picture kinda guy.

[drkaje]

Cutting foreign aid would free up money for education.

[Primemuscle]

In this era of YouTube and almost universal computer access, education should be dirt cheap.  There is an amazing amount of free education on YouTube.  Stanford, Yale, Kahn academy.  It's the credential you pay for not the learning.  Learning is free and very cheap and accessible.

Which of these ideas have you personally experienced? Did the degree you got from the school of YouTube do more for you than your degree from Stanford?

[Primemuscle]

Me.  Massive amounts of waste, abuse and fraud.  99 percent of people in even civilized countries don't need more than 10th grade math.  Stem is a lie.  It's all pork, trying to do too much.  The goddamned times tables are easy to teach and learn.

So you believe 99% of the people don't need to know math beyond the times tables? By the way, even in my day the times tables were taught in primary school. Check out this link, it should be right up your alley: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

[Primemuscle]

Very true, this site is evidence that everyone is an expert without a formal education.

However having youtube certified on a resume doesn't hold as much prestige as it used to...

I like a fellow with a good sense of humor. Keep it up!

[drkaje]

Very true, this site is evidence that everyone is an expert without a formal education.

However having youtube certified on a resume doesn't hold as much prestige as it used to...

Bullshit and damned lies!!

Next you'll be saying degrees from Wiki and C&P Universities are useless. 

[Never1AShow]

So you believe 99% of the people don't need to know math beyond the times tables? By the way, even in my day the times tables were taught in primary school. Check out this link, it should be right up your alley: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

No not just the times tables, there just need to be more times tables.  Easy and simple to learn, just takes some rote work.  But no need for a "new" method to learn math and sell new textbooks every 5 years.

99 percent just need enough math to sit around a poker table or get through a mortgage app and not get taken.  Division, percentages, quick addition and subtraction.  Trigonometry is worthless to 99 percent.  We gotta quit trying to educate everyone for college.  It's neither necessary nor optimal.