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And what is going to happen? Pass a bill to provide additional support to schools? Hell, Anything? No. Nothing is ever done. Nothing ever happens except decay.
by honkycat 5y ago
And what is going to happen? Pass a bill to provide additional support to schools?
Hell, Anything? No. Nothing is ever done. Nothing ever happens except decay.
The United States is spinning down its governmental duties. The pendulum will swing right again, and that will be the death blow. They will continue to gut public and infrastructure programs. All 3 branches will finally truly be a jobs program for the upper class to suck the blood out of everyone else.
The roads will fall apart. Jails will continue to fill up. The homeless crisis will continue to not fix itself. Everyone but the most wealthy will live like dogs, and then obligingly die when they can't afford the "good" insurance.
- robotburrito 5y agoIt's a broken clock hanging on a moldy wall where the pendulum swings all the way right, stops in the center, back to the right.
- geoduck14 5y ago>And what is going to happen? Pass a bill to provide additional support to schools? Actually, a pediatric emergency was just declared [0]. And both Republicans and Democrats passed a $250 Million bill to provide rapid support for children's mental health. A Dr friend described it as "if I'm seeing a child and I'm concerned he/she is suffering from depression, I can be on the phone with one of the top 5 experts in the country in 30 minutes". I'm aware, "mental health" for kids isn't the same as "education for kids" - but this is a big step in the right direction [0]https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/zLatest_News/Pediatricians_CAPs_Childrens_Hospitals_Declare_National_Emergency_Childrens_Mental_Health.aspx https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/zLatest_News/Pediatricians_CAPs_...
- maxerickson 5y agoThat's around $5 per child age 5-11. About $2 per person under age 18.
- slavik81 5y agoWith 73 million children in the United States, that's $3.74 per child. I don't think a phone call with a doctor can actually solve the problems that most of these kids face, but even if it could, how much healthcare can you buy with pocket change?
- adolph 5y agocan be on the phone with one of the top 5 experts in the country That seems like a less than scalable approach.
- bombcar 5y agoFive experts * 30 minutes means at most 240 kids/day assuming they works around the clock or it’s less than 30m to solve the problem. Sounds unreasonably optimistic.
- n_plus_1 5y agoI find it funny how there is a separation between the ideas of mental health and peoples lives, as if there is no relation between the two.
- DarylZero 5y agoThat's kind of the entire premise of medicalizing "mental health."
- philosopher1234 5y agoA lot of people on this website, in my experience, do not take this seriously enough, preferring to put on blinders or tell stories about how it’s all for the better we just can’t tell why (thanks invisible hand of the market!).
- lucaspm98 5y agoThat is a highly political, opinionated, and pessimistic take. You can just as easily say that the "pendulum swing" hard left has been causing our current issues, and that at least a balancing out could be a natural and needed correction.
- diputsmonro 5y agoCould you explain that then, because honestly I can't fathom how a "hard left" pendulum swing has created our current issues. The US has arguably been swinging to the right for decades, and certainly is pretty right-wing compared to most other western democratic nations.
- rjbwork 5y agoYou probably won't get a good answer. The conception of political "wings" and the current FPTP party duopoly along those wings is hilariously narrow in the US. Our Overton window ranges from "genocidal fascists" to "okay maybe the government should build roads sometimes".
- honkycat 5y agoHow could you argue we have gone "hard left" exactly? What is an event or piece of legislation that has been passed?
- djrogers 5y agoSome would say that spending $6 trillion in < 2 years on largely progressive programs is a pretty hard left swing. Others say that since the latest $4 trillion hasn’t passed yet we’re not left enough. Ill leave the judgement to you, but it’s pretty obvious that things are not the same today as they were 3 years ago.
- KittenInABox 5y agoI mean why are we counting 2 years when the "left-leaning" party wasn't even in power 1 year ago?
- throwoutway 5y ago> The pendulum will swing right again > Everyone but the most wealthy will live like dogs These two points confict. Maybe the left should stop trying to raise the SALT tax deductions that the right reduced? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/22/democrats-are-pushing-tax-breaks-for-the-rich-theyll-cry-when-voters-punish-them https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/22/democr... And I say this as someone that would benefit from raising the SALT taxes. It is wrong for them to try to raise it
- honkycat 5y agoYou think democrats are the left?
- partiallypro 5y agoI love this talking point, because in comparision to basically every country, US Democrats are socially very far left. It's only fiscally where they are more moderate. Which is basically the opposite of what most Americans want, yet they seem confused on why they struggle.
- honkycat 5y agoAnd what is more important? Saying "nice" things, or actually passing legislation that affects the main lever of power in our country? "They say things very far left( arguable ), but the way they govern is extremely moderate."
- DarylZero 5y agoFar left on posturing, far right on policy.
- DarylZero 5y ago> they seem confused on why they struggle The politicians? They aren't confused. They understand the system. In order to have political success they explicitly seek the backing of the wealthy elite. It constrains the politics to never be leftist, and politicians to dodge policy and posture on culture wars.
- refurb 5y agoThis is an impressive rant and makes sense if you ignore the fact that more and more money is being sucked up by the government that seems to be providing less and less in return. I mean San Francisco has a $1.1B budget for homelessness. That's a contribution of almost $1,300 for every man, woman and child resident of SF. And yet the problem is worse, not better. Maybe it's not a money problem but the approach that's the issue.
- honkycat 5y agoThe mistake you are making is that you think I consider our current administration and democratic leaders remotely competent or aligning with my values. They do not. I agree they are useless on purpose. That is my point.
- yeetaccount4 5y agoI gotta say the situation in politics in the US is so rancorous that no person with two brain cells to rub together would go into it unless they’re a pig that likes to wrestle in shit; who wants to go into that mess? Even Bernie gave into the identity politics out of necessity. Our best and brightest are making money to buy fallout shelters in NZ or wherever.
- lucaspm98 5y agoThen the real question is whether you believe there is any hope or even precedent of efficient government administration and spending. I personally believe not and that government, especially on a broad federal level, will inherently tend to be inefficient, bureaucratic, and corrupt. If so, wouldn't a swing right towards small government be ideal?
- CivBase 5y ago> Pass a bill to provide additional support to schools? What do you suggest? More funding? The US has one of the most expensive public education systems per capita. We keep pouring more money into it and it keeps getting worse. I'm in favor of "providing additional support to schools" but it needs to be something other than throwing money at the problem.
- gromitss 5y ago
- TeeMassive 5y agoI don't know if it's good or bad but I see hear more and more parents wanting to contribute in group for handpicked tutors and teachers and they're not doing it for religious reasons. Problem is, the government doesn't want to give back the taxes or support that (even if they do support private schools).