Republicans--what is your dream?

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Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

Also agree (and not a republican) - which means paying teachers well and funding public schools so we can have a unified education system.

+1. I'm a moderate Dem and 100% agree with all of this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

When was this ever done?

I do not know if all school system using tracking system, but tracking system means not all classes are lowest common denominator.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the republicans should move, en masse, to Russia.

It's not the right that threatens to leave the US and complains about how the US is worse than every other western nation.

Also the whole "Trump is basically KGB" thing has been officially debunked. There's no affinity between the right and Russia. On the contrary, we want to go back to the good old days where the FBI was a storied, respected organization and the CIA assassinated commies overseas.

Just today, Russia put the following people on their sanctions list:

Attorney General of NY Letitia James
Special Counsel Jack Smith
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
Capitol Police officer Michael Bryd

Putin is still doing favors in the open for Trump.

The mistake that people make is thinking it's a unique thing that Russia was/is boosting Trump. That's just what nations do. They boost candidates in key elections if they have a preference for that candidate. It doesn't mean that the candidate has any connection to them.

In any case, Republicans aren't interested in emigrating to Russia. It's sort of bizarre, reading dcum, you'd think Republicans were walking around in fur hats and drinking vodka.

Russia preferring Trump is good for Russia. My interests as an American mom are not aligned with Russia.

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Anonymous wrote:One would be that the nuclear family is the fundamental unit of society. another is that the state is not responsible for raising children would be another.

Things that the Democrats have spent the last several decades working to destroy.

Marriage and birth rates go down as women become more educated. How would you like to again make the fundamental unit of society Ward, June, Wally, and Beaver?

This

I mean look at Singapore & South Korea; very highly-educated societies

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Anonymous wrote:One would be that the nuclear family is the fundamental unit of society. another is that the state is not responsible for raising children would be another.

Things that the Democrats have spent the last several decades working to destroy.

Oh yes it is if it’s going to pursue “raising the birthrate” via restricting access to BC & abortion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

As with many things, it's complicated. Red states are far more likely to offer free college to middle- to high-performers. So if you do what I did-- move from a blue state to an affluent area of a red state-- you can get a better public grade school education and also free college.

[Anonymous]

A small gov that's run well and doesn't try to be all things to all people. There's a legitimate place for the public and private sectors. But govt does not have the agility to do many things well. It shouldn't try to.

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Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

As with many things, it's complicated. Red states are far more likely to offer free college to middle- to high-performers. So if you do what I did-- move from a blue state to an affluent area of a red state-- you can get a better public grade school education and also free college.

It's not free. Someone has to pay for it.

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I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

Have you looked at the trajectory of FCPS lately?

And California’s public schools are abysmal. Maryland is getting worse by the day, there seems to be a concerted effort to make all schools like Baltimore city. So glad I’m in the final chapter of MCPS. I’ve watched for 13 years a great system go down the tubes. It’s sad.

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Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

As with many things, it's complicated. Red states are far more likely to offer free college to middle- to high-performers. So if you do what I did-- move from a blue state to an affluent area of a red state-- you can get a better public grade school education and also free college.

so "you" moved to a red state when you were in primary school?

Where were your parents, or did "they" move and you went with them?

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Anonymous wrote:A small gov that's run well and doesn't try to be all things to all people. There's a legitimate place for the public and private sectors. But govt does not have the agility to do many things well. It shouldn't try to.

So it is fine for people to pollute a river and have the waste flow to the next state over?
So it is fine to have a road built in one location in one state but not have it connect to the 'same" road in the next state?
So each state should have their own drug approval apparatus? Their own baseline food safety and work safety standards?

Where do you draw the line?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

As with many things, it's complicated. Red states are far more likely to offer free college to middle- to high-performers. So if you do what I did-- move from a blue state to an affluent area of a red state-- you can get a better public grade school education and also free college.

It's not free. Someone has to pay for it.

Yup, and for red states it usually means the US Department of Education.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about we bring back a real education for our kids- challenge everyone at their level instead of teaching to lowest common denominator.

Also stop getting offended at every little thing-get over yourself. I'm not even talking about the obvious ones but something minor where that one person makes a complaint and the entire event is scrapped. That would be a great place to start.

I vote left, but agree with this. In the interest of our society, kids need to be educated. But show me a red state that has good education.

As with many things, it's complicated. Red states are far more likely to offer free college to middle- to high-performers. So if you do what I did-- move from a blue state to an affluent area of a red state-- you can get a better public grade school education and also free college.

It's not free. Someone has to pay for it.

Yup, and for red states it usually means the US Department of Education.

For red states, it means using lottery revenues to pay for merit scholarships the state’s public universities. Think Georgia HOPE, Florida Bright Futures and the ones Alabama & Louisiana have. Those states also take a merit-based rather than need-based approach to disbursing such scholarships (versus NY State’s scholarship program, which is income-based). Most Georgia HOPE recipients are UMC kids from the Atlanta suburbs.

Liberals generally regard selling lottery tickets as taxing the poor.

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Anonymous wrote:One would be that the nuclear family is the fundamental unit of society. another is that the state is not responsible for raising children would be another.

Things that the Democrats have spent the last several decades working to destroy.

So how does that work in a practical manner? Be specific.

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This is OP my question was more along the lines of how do you want to govern: one party rule? If not what kind of nonpartisanship then when appropriate?