“Capitalism is not a profit system, it is a profit and loss system, and the losses are more important than the profits.”
—Milton Friedman
But the US education system runs on the exact opposite principle.
No failure allowed. Instead of closing or losing funding, failing schools get more taxpayer money, more administrators, and more programs.
And bad teachers rarely face real consequences thanks to tenure and union protection. The “customers” (parents and kids) have almost no exit.
Real per-pupil spending has nearly tripled since 1970 after inflation. NAEP scores flat or eroding in core skills for decades. PISA rankings middling at best, with math especially weak.
Thomas Sowell diagnosed this in Inside American Education, asserting that the system is morally and intellectually bankrupt.
It has turned into a propaganda operation more than an educator primarily pushing ideology, feelings, and self-esteem over knowledge and competence.
With endless public money and zero market test, there is nothing forcing correction. Unions buy political protection so the failure machine keeps running.
Friedman and Sowell both identified the same disease and the same cure, namely real competition and choice.
Vouchers or education savings accounts let parents take the money and flee failure. Good schools grow, while bad ones finally face losses and must improve or die.
Without the discipline of losses, mediocrity is subsidized forever. And the kids, especially in the worst districts, pay the permanent price.
But that’s just the system working exactly as designed.
@bobdylan Hey Mr. Dylan, I just heard your song Saving Grace on your Saved album. As a follower of The Way, it was super encouraging to hear this song (and others on the album). Praying for you brother. Looking forward to seeing you in Mankato this April for the first time!
@TheXTerrorist@elonmusk Haha. Check your history, we agreed to never allow them in. Now we change on that?! That’d be like letting China set up on our northern border.
Btw, not having a bit of reverence for a nuclear super power is moronic.
Have fun at the poll.
@TheXTerrorist@elonmusk Many reasons to vote for him. We’re on the cusp of WW3 dude, and you’re worried about tariffs?! No wars on his watch. He’s skillful at diplomacy. Proven.
@TheXTerrorist@elonmusk Printing money is hurting the economy far more than tariffs.
Manufacturing has been brought back to the US as a result of section 301 tariffs. Main point is the current administration didn’t get rid of them, so can’t be bad enough to argue not voting for Trump imo.
@TheXTerrorist@elonmusk Apparently the dems like them too since they had 3 1/2 years to get rid of them, but didn’t. Yeah, they’re crappy, but it’s sure making companies 2nd guess about sourcing their manufacturing and products from China. Arguably a win for that reason. Still crappy, I get it.
Mind-blowing that the Democratic Party is massively outspending the Republican Party in swing states!
The Democrats have become the party of the rich and entitled (just look at their donor list) and the Republicans have become the party of the people.
AMERICA LET THAT SINK IN!!
An American trucker was threatened with a gun and forced to pay a Venezuelan gang to park at a truck stop on American soil, while those who refused to pay faced consequences.
These are the repercussions of putting Kamala in charge of our borders!
BREAKING: Trump's closing statement is one of the GREATEST in history. He perfectly elaborated on everything all Americans care about
"We can't sacrifice our country for the sake of bad vision..." 🔥
This debate performance is one for the history books. People are going to remember that he fought a war against three woke, disgusting trash heaps AND STILL WON BIGLY.
It wasn't Donald Trump who started the conversation about whether or not Kamala Harris was black.
It was the BLACK COMMUNITY.
Kamala Harris didn't identify as black until she wanted black votes.
Signed,
A Young Black Man
BOOM💥
TRUMP: "They've had three and a half years to fix the border, three and a half years to create jobs, and all the things we talked about. Why hasn't she done it?"
The moderators didn't fact check Kamala Harris on:
-the “fine people” Charlottesville hoax
-on IVF
-Project 2025
-bloodbath hoax
But they keep “fact-checking” Trump. This is a set up