@mbird12 The Australian team yesterday tried to play rugby yesterday in an association football match.
Soccerroos are inferior in talent and skill, so they reacted with thuggery on the pitch. It was unbecoming yesterday.
@LupineChemist@RM_Transit Commuted in grad school on the train in Chicagoland... and from Lake County to Cook Co... to Evanston. Not even in Chicago city limits at all... and it was fantastic.
Being pro education means offering sober minded critique and working towards better educational outcomes.
Throwing government money at an issue is not a solution.
Since 1970, public school student enrollment grew just 8%.
Total education staff exploded 84% with non-teaching staff up 138% (!!!!!)
The massive growth in education spending was swallowed by bureaucracy.
Not more kids, not better classrooms.
@RoKhanna ,
Are you familiar with the US Constitution? There is no enumerated power granted the US federal government to run massive healthcare insurance programs. Stop.
Mark, I appreciate your thoughtful and sincere approach on. Are you familiar with Alison Galvani work at Yale. She shows that extending Medicare to 55 is not that expensive.
It would save costs because Medicare has lower administrative costs. People aged 55-64 some of the most expensive in private market and you would reduce spending on them.
You also need Medicare to have more leverage to negotiate for drug prices --something you have led on.
Yes, there is a cost but having progressive taxation to pay for it means that working and middle class Americans would be paying less than on their premiums and employers would be paying less than they would premiums.
You eliminate a lit of the middlemen costs like hospital facility fees, private insurance executive cost, administrative and advertising costs, high mark up on drugs etc.
Do you agree that a single payer system would be better for costs? Are you open to expanding Medicare? What would it take to get you on board?
If you made the case and on the administration, it would help!