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Originally posted by Charlatan
First, I'm not from the USA and am only commenting on your state of affiars as an interested bystander. For a nation that (seems) to pride itself on being the land of the free and defender of liberty and justice for all Ashcroft seems to be doing everything in his power to go against this.
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And if Ashcroft had his way with all things, we would still be one of the most "free" nations in the world.
He is not my first choice, or even someone that I much agree with, but he is not the worst option.
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Originally posted by Charlatan
I don't have a problem with Socialist tendancies it just depends on which Socialist tendancies you are refering to. If it is govenment spending on health care (ie universal health care), education and a sizable social safty net, I am all for it. I don't believe the public sector has our interests in mind when it is left up to them to manage them.
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Government is simply not capable of doing as good of a job as private-sector companies in many respects, especially education. In Minnesota, private schools remain far ahead of public schools in test results and academics in general. Effective systems should be used, and broken ones should be tossed -- not flooded with more and more money.