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[Huntn]

Anxiety surges as Donald Trump may be indicted soon: Why 2024 is 'the final battle' and 'the big one'​

Anxiety surges as Donald Trump may be indicted soon: Why 2024 is 'the final battle' and 'the big one'

Donald Trump's many legal problems – and calls for protests – have generated new fears of political violence and anxiety about the 2024 election.

www.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON – It looks like American politics is entering a new age of anxiety, triggered by an unprecedented legal development: The potential indictment of a former president and current presidential candidate.

Donald Trump's many legal problems – and calls for protests by his followers – have generated new fears of political violence and anxiety about the unknowable impact all this will have on the already-tense 2024 presidential election

I’ll reframe this is a more accurate way, Are Presidents above the law? This new age was spurred into existence when home grown dummies elected a corrupt, mentally ill, anti-democratic, would be dictator as President and don’t bother to hold him responsible for his crimes, don’t want to because in the ensuing mayhem and destruction, they think they will be better off. The man is actually advocating violence (not the first time). And btw, screw democracy too. If this feeling spreads, we are In deep shirt.

This goes beyond one treasonous Peice of work and out to all his minions. This is on you or should we be sympathetic to the idea of they can’t help being selfish suckers to the Nation’s detriment? Donald Trump is the single largest individual threat to our democracy and it‘s all going to boil down to will the majority of the GOP return to his embrace and start slinging his excrement to support him?

 

[TampaJoe]

I know you support school choice, but how do you feel about what’s happening in Tennessee, where a school voucher is worth more than what the state spends per child in public schools? This is taxpayer money. And since private schools often require additional co-pays on top of the voucher, the system effectively takes resources away from low-income families, whose children are left with underfunded public schools—and fewer opportunities.

Worse still, private schools aren’t required to accept students with learning disabilities. So these children, who often need the most support, are left in public schools that now have even fewer funds to help them succeed. How is that fair?

Shouldn’t all children—regardless of their parents’ income—have the right to a quality education? Why should the state invest more in children whose parents can afford private school tuition, while spending less on those who need public education the most? Isn’t public funding supposed to serve the public—not just those with means?

Why should poor kids who want better and their parents who want better be trapped in a failing institution or a failing system simply because of some belief that only public schools can educate these students.

I am a result oriented person. I actually believe we can find a way to do better. Simply continuing to do the same thing year after year in a system that isn’t accomplishing its mission is unacceptable to me.

I am a product of public education. My teachers in high school were the best I had in my life including college. They knew their craft. We weren’t programmed. We were taught. Every kid can learn. Every kid is capable of more than we know. What I want is to get back to that level of excellence for every child regardless of income or social background. And I’m willing to pay more to fund it.

I am not willing to pay more to fund failing institutions simply because they are public. Sorry. That is not the mission of education. I am happy to fund successful educational institutions be they public or private if the parent or student chooses to go there. I am not talking about helping the rich. They can afford to pay for their own. I am talking about poor and middle income families who want a better life for their kids. That begins and ends IMV with education.

 

[TampaJoe]

This is the same everywhere school choice/vouchers are tried. All it turns into is a funneling of tax money to private religious schools via rich parents who already send their kids to private religious school. It doesn't improve education one bit for the vast majority of American children. It doesn't matter what supports of school choice like Tampa Joe say they want school choice or the reason they support it, the facts prove that it is not accomplishing anywhere near that goal other than with mabe anecdotal cases. This just another right wing emotional play so that public money is funneled into private hands via the rich.

So how do you classify or explain continuing to fund public schools that fail to meet the same standards you would apply to charter schools on private schools. I mean poor results are poor results. Is continued support of those institutions just another left wing emotional play?

The mission is education. Not emotional plays be they left or right wing.

 

[Dragon]

Why should poor kids who want better and their parents who want better be trapped in a failing institution or a failing system simply because of some belief that only public schools can educate these students.

I am a result oriented person. I actually believe we can find a way to do better. Simply continuing to do the same thing year after year in a system that isn’t accomplishing its mission is unacceptable to me.

I am a product of public education. My teachers in high school were the best I had in my life including college. They knew their craft. We weren’t programmed. We were taught. Every kid can learn. Every kid is capable of more than we know. What I want is to get back to that level of excellence for every child regardless of income or social background. And I’m willing to pay more to fund it.

I am not willing to pay more to fund failing institutions simply because they are public. Sorry. That is not the mission of education. I am happy to fund successful educational institutions be they public or private if the parent or student chooses to go there. I am not talking about helping the rich. They can afford to pay for their own. I am talking about poor and middle income families who want a better life for their kids. That begins and ends IMV with education.

Why should public funds favor the privileged over the vulnerable? School vouchers don’t cover the full tuition of private schools. On top of that, many of these schools require uniforms, additional fees, and sometimes even religious affiliation. Most concerning is that they’re not required to accept children with special needs.

So what exactly are families on minimum wage supposed to do? Why should public funding per child in public schools be less than the value of a voucher for a private school? The children who benefit from vouchers often already have stronger home support—and now they’re also getting more money from the public purse than children from disadvantaged backgrounds?

Public schools are labeled as “failing,” yet they’re asked to do far more with far less. They must accept every child—regardless of ability, behavior, or learning needs—while receiving less funding per student than schools that can pick and choose who they teach. As a taxpayer, this isn’t just unfair. It’s fundamentally unjust. The system should support all children equally—not just those whose families can afford to top up a voucher.

 

[TampaJoe]

I’m not talking about funding private education for rich kids. I’m talking about looking for alternatives for kids and parents trapped in failing schools. Focus on the word “trapped”. Meaning they can’t afford anything else or they wouldnt be there in the first place. I don’t think it’s acceptable to just keep doing what we are doing and continuing to fund failing public institutions because we insist that only public institutions can educate kids with public funds. We can’t innovate. We can’t do better. God forbid that we find a solution that actually works if that solution comes from a private institution. Can’t have that. We would rather fail than have that.

Buy hey at least we failed you all equally. That should give you comfort in your suffering. Knowing nobody benefited. Yahoo.

 

[Dragon]

I’m not talking about funding private education for rich kids. I’m talking about looking for alternatives for kids and parents trapped in failing schools. Focus on the word “trapped”. Meaning they can’t afford anything else or they wouldnt be there in the first place. I don’t think it’s acceptable to just keep doing what we are doing and continuing to fund failing public institutions because we insist that only public institutions can educate kids with public funds. We can’t innovate. We can’t do better. God forbid that we find a solution that actually works if that solution comes from a private institution. Can’t have that. We would rather fail than have that.

Buy hey at least we failed you all equally. That should give you comfort in your suffering. Knowing nobody benefited. Yahoo.

So you support removing even more funding from those Schools.. I don't think that will improve anything..

So what should children and parents who can't afford those charter schools do?

 

[coldseat]

So how do you classify or explain continuing to fund public schools that fail to meet the same standards you would apply to charter schools on private schools. I mean poor results are poor results. Is continued support of those institutions just another left wing emotional play?

The mission is education. Not emotional plays be they left or right wing.

First, I would say that you need to classify and compare outcomes from similar socio-economic background of students in private and public schools. This is because public schools take all kids from all backgrounds as opposed to private schools who select their students usually from higher economic background. We know from study after study at the socio-economic status of a student's family has a large effect on their outcomes in school. Once you adjust for that, I'd suspect that the difference between public and private schools education are much less pronounced.

Second, I'd look at what "standards" we are comparing. Most private schools don't test their students in the same standardized way public schools are mandated to do, so what exactly are we "comparing"?

Third, I'd say we need better education policy on the whole and that largely falls to states. It's no surprise the kids in public schools in Republican states, where public education has less funding and is continuously attacked by Republicans, have worse educational outcomes than students in Democratic states where public schools are better supported and attacked less by their state government. Public school educational policy and approach should not be used as a cover to introduce religious doctrine, but should focus our best approach to import scientific and cultural knowledge and emotionally support our students.

Fourth, I'd say have better government policy that supports families and provides support for the needs of students. Things like child care, head start, free school lunches, counselors and tutors, etc. All things that this current administration wants to cut. We also need to support educators better and provide for better training.

 

[TampaJoe]

So you support removing even more funding from those Schools.. I don't think that will improve anything..

So what should children and parents who can't afford those charter schools do?

I don’t support continuing to fund failing institutions. Do you? Tell me what do you say to the students trapped in those failed and failing institutions? Any words of wisdom for them?

Continuing to fund failure improve anything? Accepting failure year after year improve anything?

It just perpetuates a cycle of continual failure. Failure as a norm.

 

[Dragon]

I don’t support continuing to fund failing institutions. Do you? Tell me what do you say to the students trapped in those failed and failing institutions? Any words of wisdom for them?

Continuing to fund failure improve anything? Accepting failure year after year improve anything?

It just perpetuates a cycle of continual failure. Failure as a norm.

The reason many public schools are failing is because school vouchers are pulling essential funding away from them. It's a clear case of cause and effect. You say you won’t support “failing institutions,” but they’re failing precisely because the resources they need are being diverted to support private schools—often attended by children from middle- and upper-class families. So in effect, public school students—many from low-income backgrounds—are being shortchanged to subsidize those who already have more advantages.

 

[Huntn]

The reason many public schools are failing is because school vouchers are pulling essential funding away from them. It's a clear case of cause and effect. You say you won’t support “failing institutions,” but they’re failing precisely because the resources they need are being diverted to support private schools—often attended by children from middle- and upper-class families. So in effect, public school students—many from low-income backgrounds—are being shortchanged to subsidize those who already have more advantages.

Texas just passed vouchers to benefit the wealthy at the public school systems detriment as if it needs more obstacles to educating kids. Texas 49th in literacy…

 

[Optimus Prime]

He mentioned Hillary nonstop during his first term

At least Biden was actually president

And after the dumpster fire of a clusterfork of Trump’s first term Biden only mentioned him 29 times

I'm sure a psychiatrist might have something to say about that

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While Donald Trump has repeatedly said “tariff” is the “most beautiful word in the dictionary,” there is another noun that has become just as prominent in the president’s vernacular.

Since his inauguration on January 20, Trump has mentioned former President Joe Biden, his family or administration at least 580 times in public remarks or on social media, according to an analysis by NBC News.

That is an average of more than six times a day, every day, since he commenced his second term. More than 90 days after leaving office, Biden appears to have left his mark on Trump’s subconscious.

At his inauguration alone, Trump mentioned Biden a dozen times, nearing half of the 29 references the Democrat made about his GOP foe in his first 100 days in office in 2021.…..

Trump has mentioned Biden on average six times every day of his presidency

President has made reference to his Democratic predecessor 580 times since returning to office in January

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

Trump announces he’s putting up two giant flagpoles at the White House

Donald Trump has announced that he’s putting up two giant flagpoles at the White House. The president told reporters Wednesday (23 April) he has commissioned flagpoles for new American flags that will be ‘almost a hundred feet tall’ on either side of the White House. Trump promised the...

www.independent.co.uk

 

[TampaJoe]

The reason many public schools are failing is because school vouchers are pulling essential funding away from them. It's a clear case of cause and effect. You say you won’t support “failing institutions,” but they’re failing precisely because the resources they need are being diverted to support private schools—often attended by children from middle- and upper-class families. So in effect, public school students—many from low-income backgrounds—are being shortchanged to subsidize those who already have more advantages.

Baloney. We have had problems with certain public school systems is districts where there are no vouchers. That is not the reason. It may not be the answer in all cases but it definitely isn’t causing failed public schools to fail. That dawg doesn’t hunt.

 

[Dragon]

Baloney. We have had problems with certain public school systems is districts where there are no vouchers. That is not the reason. It may not be the answer in all cases but it definitely isn’t causing failed public schools to fail. That dawg doesn’t hunt.

You know that Florida is nr 6 from the bottom in money spend in public schools... Maybe that is part of the reason. Average cost public school student in Florida is $11,773. Average Tuition private school before vouchers are $17,044 and that is before uniforms and other extra expenses. The top 20 states all spend +$20,000. So to be able to send you child to a voucher school in Florida you should be able to pay upwards of 9K before the extra expenses/year. Most families would not be able to afford that so I stand by my claim.

In comparison

Average spending/pupil Public schools

Luxembourg ~$25,000
Norway ~$22,400
Sweden ~$21,100
Denmark ~$21,000