Bush Policy on Education is a TOTAL Inconsistency



Yesterday Bush told us that Americans must become more competitive. He went onto say the way to achieve that was through education. At the VERY SAME TIME, Bush and the conservatives passed the budget cuts which reduced the money for student loans and increased the interest rates on these loans making it HARDER for students to get the additional education Bush claims is the KEY to be competitive! In addition, since the passage of his signature policy called, No Child Left Behind, his budgets have UNDER FUNDED his OWN requirements for this program by over $20 Billion Dollars.

WHY does Bush not see how stupid he looks by undercutting the very solution he claims is necessary to solve the problem of American competitiveness?
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Just so you don't crazy on us, we told you we don't agree with everything Bush does. This is one of them for me. I do not agree with cutting on any of these things. Bush should find another way to save money that will noy hurt our children and their education. It's up to Congress to stop it.
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Eisehhower poured billions into NDEA [national defense education act]. No chance now.
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What, I finally agree with you on something and you have nothing to say about it? That's gratification for you. Hypocrit.
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Thank you. I spent about 18 years of my life in education as an administrator at two universities, a community college and with the third largest school system in PA. I feel very strongly that what Bush and the Conservatives in Congress are doing is DEAD wrong. These cuts passed the house by two votes and Cheney had to break a tie in the Senate. Bush and the GOP in Congress should not have provided the tax cuts to big oil ($12 Billion) and saved the same amount of money as this cut!
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Sounds good to me.

What better way to increase competition than to restrict resources?

Those that really want it will work for it, exercising their abilities to the utmost in order to enjoy the best of what life has to offer.

Those that don't want to work hard for the good things--education, experience, a competitive advantage--no longer get quite as much of my money to waste on their slacker lifestyle.
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Look, I personally don't like the idea of giving money away to people who can actually get a job a pay for their own way. Even if things are not that great today, these people could make more money working in a KFC, Wal-Mart or AMC Movie Theaters than what they get from the Gov't, but it's better for them when they can just stay home and get a check thru mail for just sitting there. Besides they would be contributing to the Gov't by paying the taxes they are meant to pay. I personally look forward to getting money back at the end of my pay year. We may not agree on this but lets just agree to disagree.

When it comes to education, I believe that we are not doing good enough, not now, not before Bush. We are not raising smart kids anymore, at least not smart in an academic view, but more like in a I-can-get-away-with-anything view. I think we should pour more money into education, I also believe that we need to add things that will help our children become better people in the future. Like example, I believe it's never too early to learn certain things they will need when they reach 18 years old, such as finance (learn how to save and spend money), politics (learn how to vote, to understand the system), Law ( basic laws like speeding, J-walking, stealing, etc.). All these things are things I believe children should learn and understand before they reach 18 so that they can get an idea what it's gonna be like to be an adult and to eventually be the ones who will run the country. But who do we depend on to teach this to our children, the parents, the ones who don't know it in the first place (I don't mean all parents, but many don't).

I personally don't care about Big Company tax cuts, either way they will find ways to make more money by firing people, or bringing up prices. I worked in a KFC at the age of 18 and I knew that their policy was to have employees that worked for minimum wage as often as possible, that way they could make more money by not having to pay employee a lot of money. Those who were there for more than a year would easily find a way out by either getting fired for little things like loosing a knife or quiting because they were yelled at often for no reason or had their hours cut. Since the KFC work system was so easy to learn, getting a replacement was a piece of cake. I was lucky to get to a supervisor position within a year and trained a few of them. Eventually the new boss found a way to get rid of me as well. So you see they will always find ways to make money, they mostly don't care about the employee, it's all about the money.

Catch my drift? We may not always agree on a lot of things, but somewhere along the line we will meet on the same level and agree. What you need to learn is that not everyone will always agree and you have to except that. You also have to except that ones ideas are not always right and that looking at facts from other people will not kill you. All you have to do is refute those facts to keep you point going, repeating yourself, screaming and completely disregarding the other persons words is not the way to go. the point is to reach a middle point where we can all agree for the better of our nation and our people. Cutting each other at the throat will not help anyone. Just look at our Gov't now, they can't make any decisions without busting each others balls first. And that is a shame.
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Sounds good to me.

What better way to increase competition than to restrict resources?

Those that really want it will work for it, exercising their abilities to the utmost in order to enjoy the best of what life has to offer.

Those that don't want to work hard for the good things--education, experience, a competitive advantage--no longer get quite as much of my money to waste on their slacker lifestyle.


In a way that would be a good way to see it. I do believe people should work hard for what they want. I will have to think this thru more because I am a bit split on this subject ATM. I don't like taking money away from something that has to do with education, but maybe this will encourage people to be more responsible with education. I will think about this and have a better response tomorrow.
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Student Loans are NOT give away programs. The loans must be repaid. To restrict the funding and increase the interest rate the way Bush and the conservatives did with the budget is WRONG!
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Financial aid to students is an investment. College graduates generally earn far more than those without a degree and therefore pay more in taxes. Everybody wins.
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I agree student loans are in investment in the future. That is why Bush and the conservatives are so wrong.