We all remember the Tea Party folks and all those related American voters who said, “Government should be run like a business.” Admittedly, this has a certain appeal. Until you think about it, that is.
It’s worth going back to what the Founding Fathers had to say about the purpose of government. Here’s what Thomas Jefferson on the subject: (Government exists) to secure the rights of the people, such as life, liberty, and property, and to prevent tyranny.
The financial aspects of government were of importance over the years, but the concept of profit-making didn’t appear on anyone’s list until the late 20th Century.
Having said this, let’s agree that government should make certain “investments” in the well-being of its people, and education may be chief among these.
No one expects U.S. educational standards to make quantum leaps each year, but we as a nation would be well-served if our children were seen as important “investment opportunities” in our country’s long-term future.
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Is a Team of Is a Bunch of MAGA Thugs Beating the Snot Out of a Woman a New Low, or Is it What We Now Need to Expect?
Just when we think there is a bottom, the United States sinks just a bit lower. It’s our brand nowadays.
That’s quite a left cross this thug delivered to this helpless female protestor.
It wasn’t too long ago that beating up women was taboo in America. My 11-year-old, sixth-grade son saw a male classmate of his badly bruise a girl by pushing her hard down to the ground–and proceeded to punch him in the mouth. A fellow father witnessed the scene and told me, “Your son’s fist was in that kid’s teeth within a fraction of a second.”
I had brought him up to avoid violence and achieve peaceful resolutions to conflicts, but I couldn’t fault him here.
What a disgusting bunch of turds we’ve become.
We’re starting to see intimations that stupidity like this is generated and posted by Russian data centers so as to appeal to MAGA idiots and favor the Republicans in the upcoming midterms.
Every day, we come across articles that summarize Trump’s “accomplishments.”
I thought I’d publish this masterpiece.
Is a Team of Is a Bunch of MAGA Thugs Beating the Snot Out of a Woman a New Low, or Is it What We Now Need to Expect?
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