OBAMA approval PLUMMETS to a dreadful 40%

[Mr Khan]

Stats87 said:

HappySqurriel said:

Stats87 said:

mrstickball said:

Mr Khan said:
Complete opposite of what should happen, of course. Single payer, complete annihilation of this whole "human health = profit" abomination we have going now

It's a service like education that is part of our package of human rights, and one that should therefore be provided centrally

And look at the amazing American system of non-profit governmental schools. You know, the ones that graduate 35% of students in some cities.

Just because you believe its a right and should be centralized does not mean that it will run efficiently in America. The education system is proof of it.

In Canada, our drop out rate is only 8.5% and our school system is predominantly made up of public schools.

Run entirely by the provinces, who primarily delegate all decisions to small regional educational boards ...

My mistake, I didn't realize at first that this was specifically about control at a federal level. Although, the federal government is not entirely disassociated in Canada either.

That said, the pitfalls of American public education cannot be simply pinned on federal involvement. There seems to be a pattern in the USA that the public option suffers when a private one is also available.

It's primarily a cultural issue, which i will grant has its own advantages, namely in that we get to higher heights (our top universities being better, having access to higher classes of medical care in many instances), but with the disadvantage of inequality, and another disadvantage of public programs often being taken advantage of as they're offered.

There has to be a way to even the two out, without losing either advantage