The American ‘left’ to cut spending?
Ian | 26 November, 2008 | 09:47Again, showing that neo-cons have no economic knowledge, Obama has announced that to try to afford these giant bailouts, he will be instituting a series of spending cuts across the board.
Want something that doesn’t really need funding in the USA?
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives eats a whopping $2 billion for prostylization of the disadvantaged.
It’s not on the order of the $1 trillion dollar deficit he’s faced with, but every little bit counts.
Actually, my serious hope is that research, education, and health care don’t feel any pressure in the USA (except perhaps the school voucher scam). It’s not easy to inherit the worst economic situation the US has seen in decades, but hopefully the right action is taken.
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On the issue of school vouchers, I don’t think private schools should even exist – or if they do, they can’t be better than public schools. But with public schools (especially in the states) being the way they are, shouldn’t some kids get the opportunity to go to a private school while the public system is fixed? Now, I know this is a theoretical question, because the public system isn’t getting fixed, but still…
We haven’t had vouchers up here, so I haven’t considered them as much, but from what I can fathom, providing them as a patch solution would likely turn into a long-term permanent solution. Imagine being poor with children in a private school in a few years if they wanted to get rid of it because the public schools were “fixed” and they told you that your kid could only continue in private school if he/she had the money to. Band-aid solutions are horrible in politics (since they become permanent).
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