NCLB ? I liked it, it annoyed the teachers unions no end. Its goals were unrealistic, but its methods have been very useful in many places. The end result was a host of Democrats got on board vs their own backers in the NEA, etc.. This breach can be exploited, if someone with imagination works at it.
Medicare part D was a very marginal change compared to what these people are up to now. It wasn’t “slightly less bad”, it was orders of magnitude less bad. Thats the point - wouldn’t you prefer a pinprick to a stab in the heart ?
“It’s all about the Party, not the Principle with these people.”
Its all about politics and personal ambition for most politicians, it always has been and always will be, time without end, amen. What you said was just as true in 1909 as today. Politicians haven’t changed, in this case its just a passing spirit of unrealistic petulance in our attitudes towards them.
“NCLB ? I liked it, it annoyed the teachers unions no end. Its goals were unrealistic, but its methods have been very useful in many places. The end result was a host of Democrats got on board vs their own backers in the NEA, etc.. This breach can be exploited, if someone with imagination works at it.”
It was unconstitutional. Period.
“Medicare part D was a very marginal change compared to what these people are up to now. It wasn’t “slightly less bad”, it was orders of magnitude less bad. Thats the point - wouldn’t you prefer a pinprick to a stab in the heart ?”
Enough pinpricks you still die. What’s the estimate on the end cost of Part D, again? It was WRONG. WRONG. Unconstitutional and WRONG.