"Going forward, we have to deal with our longer structural problems. The biggest one, as far as I'm concerned, is that we're no longer socially mobile as a country,"... "You have people that are born poor and there's a higher and higher probability that they're going to stay poor. And you have people that are born rich and there's a greater probability that they'll stay rich... "It's just so un-American," he added. "And yet none of the conversation and the debates are really about this. But upward mobility is the chance to solve a lot of problems. . ."
I agree. It is un-American to have such a large Government and the enormous taxation system (Fed Tax, State Tax, Property Tax, Local Tax, Sales Tax, Utility Tax, Fees here, and Fees there...) to feed this beast. Putting this burden on the backs of people are going to keep people down. Slaves to the Government, so to speak.
Adding to the problem, he said, is the fact that the nation's education system no longer provides the tools to ensure that "every child has a chance to learn."
I agree - our Government School system is poor. It seems to exist only to brainwash children to adopt an atheistic philosophy; to emasculate young boys; to promote promiscuity; to mock the principles on which this country was founded; and at the end of the day turn out automatons that will serve the State and not question it.
Now whether or not Mr. Bush meant all of this by his remarks, I don't know, but I took no issues with his excerpted comments.
I normally would defend any reasonably conservative republican, but it seems Jeb is thinking way too hard about things, he uses the word “structural” a lot, followed by a liberal sounding mistake.