So in a real sense, we are actually paying your bills, if you, in point of fact, are living in one of the states that get more from the Feds than you spend.
Valid point, and why no state should be beholden to the Federal government. If the Government is returning money to any state, the Federal government is receiving too much to start with.
The states know what they need, and I’m betting each and every state is fully capable of self support. It is the federal government that has turned the world upside down and made states slaves to federal handouts, welfare, earmarks, or whatever one calls the blackmail used by congress, to keep states in line.
We are very near the point of being free of this evil system. CA could lead the way and tell the fed the solution to its financial difficulties is to keep its money and work its way out of bankruptcy. This would put other states on notice, that they better have a solution that does not involve receiving more than they pay in tribute.
If we can’t educate these kids, where are they going to go? We can’t carry them, the world can’t carry them, and there is no way that anyone will WANT to carry them. It’s an impossibility. China and India have an uneducated peasant class, but they don’t pay for them to breed, so it’s not like it’s as bad as it is going to be over here. It’s not just circumstance and money, but also a mindset that has to be overcome. It’s something that is growing like a cancer and I have no CLUE on how we can either contain or lance the boil.