fadskier said:
quash said:
curtpenn said:
Doesn't matter when the alternative is any current Democrat. Why is this simple truth so hard for some to grasp? Don't have to like the guy or be on board with everything he does to understand that he's the only alternative to the lunacy of the Social Democrats.
How ****ed up are you willing to let the country get before you look for another option? $44 trillion? 88?
What will it be when we implement the social agenda of free healthcare, free college, free everything...???
When that agenda passes. Which it won't in my lifetime, and probably not in yours, either.
Few democrats support "free everything."
This Democrat supports ACCESS to heatlhcare that's affordable, not free. IMO, doctotrs and other health care workers do some of the hardest work there is. They deserve good pay and good working conditions. And, in one of the wealthiest countries on the planet, we shouldn't have substandard medical facilities.
Free college, IMO, is a good idea that would provide a good return on the investment IF the "free" programs are mostly vocational: Nurses, doctors, physician assistants,, EMS workers, geriatric care aids, mechanics, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, traffic engineers, air traffic controllers--jobs society needs capable people to do where we don't have enough skilled workers. There could be a service component: you get your education free, but you have to work in an underserved area, or even pay a small amount of your educaiton back over the years (not a loan, and something that would evaporate if you died or became disabled, but a recognition that you received something of value).
Since we don't need more bachelor's, MAs and PhDs in the liberal arts, those degrees would not be free.
But engineering school, computer programming, accounting, even law-all of those could be integrated with some sort of a pbulci service component that might also function as an apprenticeship.
Nobody should get something for nothing--except people who are totally disabled and need society's support for reasons they and their families cannot help. But we could certainly do a better job of educating capable people for vocations where we need skilled workers. What we're doing instead, thanks to scammers like Trump and Betsy DeVos, is saddling them with debt for worthless degrees. That should stop.