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Well said. Read more
Now, if someone would reverse the cranio-rectal insertion that is the GOP’s district gerrymandering, and re-districting.
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Right, it’s exhausting, but every year after I vote in Florida and then fly to VA and then to Colorado that same day. It’s expensive but how else will 3rd party candidates get votes? Read more
be aware of where their ammo will come from. they keep saying fraud but what they are looking for and what they will find is improper registration. like with his whole cabinet. i know i never cancelled my registrations when i moved so i must be registered in 6 or 7 precincts. Read more
Just a thought: What if health insurance providers were required to participate in ACA style exchanges, nation-wide. If they don’t participate, they couldn’t sell health insurance of any kind. Also, any company that wishes to offer health insurance would have to operate as a non-profit. Execs could still give… Read more
Yes. This. I’ve said it before, but the only reason I could start my own business was the ACA. Before the vote, I was thinking about expanding and hiring a few more people. Now? Well, if this whole thing goes through I’m probably going to have to shutter it. Read more
I’m pretty sure it’s going to slow the economy as well, as many Americans save even more and pay off debts and have higher insurance costs. With Obamacare, millions of Americans that had avoided going to the doctor for years could now afford to. So they went, and were diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure,… Read more
If you want to take that one step further, a national basic income would REALLY juice entrepreneurship, because people wouldn’t need to risk starving if they took a year off from punching the clock to try to start a company. Read more
Not only will it literally kill people, but it’ll kill entrepreneurship too, as workers stay locked in their jobs for fear of losing heath insurance. Read more
On Comic Strip 1: The individual mandate is stupid. It should be: here is your US citizenship or Resident Alien card and here is your insurance. No gimmicks, no hoops, no registering. You simply have insurance. It’s a perk of being an American or working/living in America. Enjoy it.
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Agreed on that point, they should not be able to kick kids out who aren’t performing (since it’s, you know, the school’s job to teach the kids). I can support having a code of conduct where you can be expelled for other things, but grades is just not something you should be able to use for that. I don’t believe the… Read more
What about the part where they kicked out a kid because his grades weren’t good enough? That’s pretty damning of the whole system. No way that should ever be a possibility. Read more
I wish I could ungray you. Read more
Graphic Essay: Betsy DeVos’ ‘School Choice’ Movement Isn’t Social Justice. It’s a Return to Segregation.
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Wow, just amazing. Read more
I’m curious to hear the opposing viewpoint here, but the argument that charter schools only help those who are already privileged is a little disingenuous. Our standard public school systems are literally that same way...the districts that have more money have better schools. If charter schools are able to provide… Read more