TheBig3

Well what don't you like about them? The economist says this is America at its best. Surely they must have some credibility.

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America's economy is worse than its been in years, hence the decline of the value of dollars.

One of the few things I hate about him. I consider myself a capitalist on pretty much all fronts, and I still think school should be more of a granted right than a business.

TheBig3

Whats the american economy got to do with a British publication suggesting that these two candidates are the best two we've had in awhile?

Keep in mind two things:

1. What businesses do when they compete for dollars, can't that be good for students?

2. What conservatives think the government should do for people. I can see their point to an extent. If people want to be educated, they should educated themselves not expect the government to give it to them, have them take it for granted and then via social promotion be given a certificate saying they are educated despite their evidence to the contrary.

Edit: Also, the economy is not tied to the strength of the dollar.

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I didn't know The Economist was a British publication. Due to the lack of capitalization in the previous post I wrongfully assumed you meant someone who is well educated on economy like a business owner or something of that nature. Even though that mistake was made on my behalf I still feel I should answer two points as they're still worth addressing.
I both agree and disagree. The government should help the basic education of its people to allow them to be fully functional in the modern world. That is to say up through high school.

True, but the strength of the dollar is tied to the economy. If the economy plummits so does the dollar. If the dollar plummits it isn't necesarily true for the economy. America's national debt plus out sourcing putting money in other countries is damaging the national economy (although probably good for global economy) and the that is at least partially why the value of the dollar is declining.

TheBig3

My apologies on my dysfunctional grammar, perhaps that’s a call for more schooling right there.

Well the problem with the basic level of education, and I don’t know how standardized this is, but its not exactly basic. I don’t need Algebra II or Chemistry to honestly function out there in the world. The bases on which those two disciplines are built I would, I think biology and geometry have a function, but those aforementioned classes exist on the basis of academic continuation, they imply you’ll go on to a collegiate education.

At least here in Massachusetts we tend to teach to tests, or do tremendous amounts of prep work for college, and there too much injected into what otherwise should be fundamental bases of education.

A function standard I agree with, but when Ron Paul calls for its dismantling, I can see why he’d do it. We have taxes and laws that combine to create a piss poor education that they could get at a Public Library.

As for the strength of there U.S. currency, I’m certain it’s an engineered move to decrease trade surpluses but the problem with supply-side economics in a first world nation is that they long ago made the move to a service industry, and without industrial production sector making vital supplies, what could people possibly buy from us? A day at the spa? Self-help courses? We need to get the farmers back to work and start building more industries around basic needs.

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Sorry about the late response.

Why should school be paid by the government? We have the internet now. We don't need public school anymore.

The Unfan

Functional standard.