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How will they rule ??!

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What about the poor rural areas that are poorly funded, like Appalachia Kentucky, for example? Is that area overrun by liberal leadership too then?
Hopefully not. But, let’s go back to my post and see the relevance of your response (look down). But, I understand that when you get it wrong, admitting is not something you can do.
In Louisville, property taxes form the financial base for public schools, but individual schools are not financially tied to the property tax revenue from their geographic area. I suspect that is true for all major metropolitan school districts. So, how does the tax revenue process punish poor kids?
 
No we aren't. As the article said United Way and Mayors For A Guaranteed Income are paying for it, not the city. Which was the point of contention.
Some of it is taxes and some united way. Where does united way get it’s money? It’s coming from the citizens. Split hairs if you want. Still paying healthy people that can get jobs if they want.
 
Some of it is taxes and some united way. Where does united way get it’s money? It’s coming from the citizens. Split hairs if you want. Still paying healthy people that can get jobs if they want.
The entire conservative argument is that social programs/spending should be done through private charity rather than government taxpayer spending and now you're complaining about private donations? So no one should help the poor ever in any way? WTF? You better not claim to be a Christian...
 
The entire conservative argument is that social programs/spending should be done through private charity rather than government taxpayer spending and now you're complaining about private donations? WTF?
What part of the city IS paying part of it don’t you understand? And if you think this isn’t just the first step, you’re dumber than I thought. And that’s damn near impossible.

plus I’ll bet most people that give to charities, don’t expect or want it to go to people that don’t really need it.
 
They should be. But that wasn't what we were talking about.

We ARE talking about how to spend our tax dollars. Soooooo

No we aren't. As the article said United Way and Mayors For A Guaranteed Income are paying for it, not the city. Which was the point of contention.
Guys, my original plan to just give everyone an annual $200,000 salary is far superior to what Louisville is doing. My plan really moves the needle and will instantly get everyone out of poverty.
 
Lived on 26h and Slevin in the Portland neighborhood until the 8th grade. Then we moved to 43rd and Main in the Shawnee neighborhood. Great neighborhood! Walked all over at all hours.
My cousin purchased an old row house dirt cheap in Portland back during late-80s. Can't remember which street. He began renovations, but was forced to sell because his old lady divorced him. From what I gather, that part of town worsened during those days, but later heard things improved.
 
Some of it is taxes and some united way. Where does united way get it’s money? It’s coming from the citizens. Split hairs if you want. Still paying healthy people that can get jobs if they want.

Iirc United way is only administering the program. The money is coming from the city.
 
Sounds like France and England really did some good in their meetings a week or so ago....not.....
But did Brandon save the day this morning?

'According to Politico, a defiant Putin “mauled” Macron with a crude remark and a tirade about how Crimea is part of Russia. The Russian president also threatened a war with Europe if Ukraine ever joined NATO and mocked Macron for talking too much.

Macron said after the meeting that Putin promised Russia would not further escalate tensions with Ukraine. A Kremlin spokesman denied this.

Lavrov’s meeting with U.K. Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss went even worse. During an icy joint press conference after their meeting, the Russian Foreign Minister accused Truss of coming to Moscow "unprepared" and described her as "a deaf person who listens but cannot hear."
 
Hopefully not. But, let’s go back to my post and see the relevance of your response (look down). But, I understand that when you get it wrong, admitting is not something you can do.

I am not wading into this debate, but I will ask someone to clarify. I thought most of the tax revenue for local schools was raised in the county.

For example, I have a client in McCreary County, which he tells me is the poorest county in Kentucky, a lot of it is Daniel Boone Forest I think. I can't imagine their tax base (or Martin County, or a lot of other small poor counties) can support a school system to anywhere near the level we do here in Fayette County, where every new HS and middle school seemingly is the next Taj Mahal.

Is this correct, spending per student in poor counties is definitely less than in the wealthy counties (at least in Kentucky, I have no idea how other states fund their public schools)?
 
Don't worry about the millionaires and billionaires bro; they'll be fine.

Giving everyone 200k will eliminate the wage gap and right the wrongs of white supremacy. It's equity, my bro. It's literally making everyone equal, as we should be in democracy. It's your patriotic duty and it's what the founding fathers would've wanted.

If you need any links from CNN or NYT, I'll be happy to google them for you. It's ok bro, you might learn something. You'll grow. The science is evolving - your backward beliefs are getting left behind. Money doesn't have to be earned since it can just be taken from the rich. We're the richest country in the world, no reason we have to keep working.
I think the sarcasm may not have come through in my post lol

It was literally stupid liberal non compos mentis talking points.

Edit: I laughed because my sarcasm was missed. :)
 
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I am not wading into this debate, but I will ask someone to clarify. I thought most of the tax revenue for local schools was raised in the county.

For example, I have a client in McCreary County, which he tells me is the poorest county in Kentucky, a lot of it is Daniel Boone Forest I think. I can't imagine their tax base (or Martin County, or a lot of other small poor counties) can support a school system to anywhere near the level we do here in Fayette County, where every new HS and middle school seemingly is the next Taj Mahal.

Is this correct, spending per student in poor counties is definitely less than in the wealthy counties (at least in Kentucky, I have no idea how other states fund their public schools)?
Poor counties have to fund public education (state assistance does help) and that can cause a discrepancy between the poor counties and wealthy counties. All of the kids in the poor county, however, who attend the public school get the same education.

The point I made was about metropolitan areas and the fact that poor areas in the city are not punished. NBAcats, by responding to a similar post about Lexington, said that was wrong. The poor are not “punished.” That does not mean that in poor counties there does not need to be a funding revenue source for all of the kids in that county.
 
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Radium was supposed to be the cure all for everything. Doctors assured people it was 100% safe, and even the supreme court became involved. This little piece of history is purely terrifying.

The Radium Girls. Video is 10m long. See if you can spot the parallels to today.

 
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Poor counties have to fund public education (state assistance does help) and that can cause a discrepancy between the poor counties and wealthy counties. All of the kids in the poor county, however, who attend the public school get the same education.

The point I made was about metropolitan areas and the fact that poor areas in the city are not punished. NBAcats, by responding to a similar post about Lexington, said that was wrong. The poor are not “punished.” That does not mean that in poor counties there does not need to be a funding revenue source for all of the kids in that county.
They may get the same general lesson plans in poor counties, but poorer counties tend to get lower quality teachers as well as less and lower quality resources.
 
I agree there should be checks and balances. I mean that should go for a lot of things. However letting it be a 60/40 split in favor of parents who more than likely do not have the proper knowledge or training to determine curriculum seems like a disaster.
Do you live in Louisville? Just go to their Twitter page (JCPS). They had after school clubs watching the Colin Kaepernick documentary. They have gay and BLM flags in classrooms. The school board only cares about equity, which means making everybody equally stupid.
 
Can you explain how the average Republican voter like me can get rich from privatizing schools?
It has nothing to do with making their constituency rich. Public education funding is the largest pot of money that Republicans haven’t been able to privatize for profit. Arguably the most powerful Republican backing lobbying group in most state legislatures, state chambers of commerce, have legislative initiatives around privatizing public education dollars every single year. And the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council has a pool of pre written legislative items for red state legislatures to draw from, many of which involve dismantling public education and its funding. So, to answer your question, privatizing schools has nothing to do with helping you but with following directives from conservative think tanks to send those dollars to for-profit groups.
 
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