Maybe we can address what we talk about when we talk about race in school?
Do students know anything about convict leasing? The roots of disenfranchisement laws? Stokely Charmichael? Ralph Abernathy? Anything written by MKL about poverty and war instead of race? The 1964 Democratic National Convention? Busing in Boston in the 80's? etc., etc., etc.....lynching, Ida B. Wells, the history of Parchman Penitentary....??
How many times do kids hear "I have a dream" versus other parts of the history of race in America?
redhot, I can see you feel strongly, but surely you will agree that Trump also has a problem with staying on topic and elevating the debate. Please don't follow his example and try to contribute to the conversation we are having.
Additionally, I came across a phrase today, "virtue signaling." Going off and showing righteous indignation is a hollow way to seem to be doing right.
I hope you are doing real good in the real world and not just signaling.
At least the U.S. has a set of values, backed by our founding documents and centuries of a government bound by legal procedure and democratic norms. I'd rather be in a hypocrite nation (welcome to the human race) than in a revaunchist, mercenary state with the blood of millions on its hands.
Nice analogy! You are ignoring the elites problem, though. You'll need such large legislative districts the closer to the land common folk are, the less they'll be heard in the federal capital. Once the government is centralized, you're telling me that the representatives of all the people (327 million today) will be able to fit under one roof and make decisions that are best for everyone. Nay. They do what's in the best interests of those who can afford into the club.
It will flood the market at first. Then markets will adjust: workers gain new skills as demand for unskilled labor lessens. We are in another phase of globalization brought on by the information revolution. In such times, there is always an impulse to protect outmoded markets from inevitable change. Countries that embrace the change first win.
Please message me with what school district you are talking about! I want to call them. Seriously. I have not experienced such a thing in my 20 years of teaching. School districts/administrators have always avoided controversy and creating conflict with parents....
Is there really a "Gay Appreciation Day"?
The taxing that President Trump is referring to is value-added taxes. Although President Trump is saying that these taxes are helpful, these type of taxes actually discourage imports and subsidize exports.
Can you explain what these sentences mean? What are value-added taxes and how do they discourage imports? How do they result in being a burden to our economy?
Look into the demographic argument. According to Joseph Nye, millions of people wanting to add to our population gives us an advantage that China, Europe, and OECD countries as a whole don't have when facing increasing entitlements costs and falling populations. He would be for legalizing the 11 million "illegals" who are here with a crime rate far below the native population's (U.S.--22% of U.S. citizens have a criminal record; "Illegals"-2%; Legal immigrants-6%. Nye will lay out their contributions in positive terms (patents, business ownership, advanced degrees, etc.).
Your main concern seems to be criminality. Can you tell us what percentage of the illegal immigrant population has a criminal record compared to the percentage of the U.S. population with one?
Grenache, thanks for participating. STUDENTS: I know how much you respect Grenache and how satisfying correcting him must feel. He admittedly is rusty on the subject, so please--every so gently--correct his understanding of the Articles.
Thanks, LichPotato. Someone in my class needs to concur with L. Potato by relating James Madison's goal set out in Federalist Papers 10 and 51.
A little more guidance....L. Pot. is criticizing a direct democracy (Madison had the same misgivings). What type of democracy did Madison set up in which power ultimately rested on the will of the people but was out of their hands on a day to day basis?
I'm asking you agree with LP by expanding on his point.
Paragraph 1 is clear and concise, though I'd like some more detail or historical/comparative reference (when it's happened before or where this has happened). Paragraph 2 is ambitious and unclear. Don't even open that door. You've done enough in 1. Make one, at the most 2, points at a time.
Also, the trade deal would allow us to change with times more than we have, the world is constantly changing and we need to keep up with the world around us to keep moving forward. ---------------------a good place to make the case for "globalization" and make your statements more direct.
Furthermore, the trade agreement would foster peace between nations we have been historically hostile with, more specifically Japan and Vietnam. _-----------------------------Aren't these "hostilities" old??
Exports account for 13 percent of our GDP, and doing this deal would greatly increase the amount of goods we export causing a growth in GDP. Lastly, the TPP deal would cause pay increases in the export market.------------------------------
1. I like that you make your focus on the long run and "net" results. This automatically qualifies (puts limits on them and places them in a context) your points.
Not a criticism, more of a backhanded complement. Limit #'s and references when "talking to people." Choose your faves and use the link option/footnotes.
Great use of quotes.
2. clear. I'd like to know more about those forums.
3. If you were to form this into an essay, this section--the big picture, with #2)--would make a great intro. For the body, the content of #1 would do well with an expansion.
Can you support the 700,000 claim with a link?
Do you know how much of global GDP is in multinational corporations' hands? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's approaching half. The trend is definitely towards globalism. Is there any example of a nation reversing this trend or even trying to? More specifically, has a nation ever become more powerful or wealthy through protectionist policies or rejecting new technologies (the Internet doesn't care what flag you fly, nor does its commerce. As far as technology, look at what happened in Japan when they tried to hang on to Samurai culture).
One thought on Farm Aid point about removing subsidies hurting "family farmer": only 2% of US workers are in agriculture sector and those are dominated by corporate (and international) agribusinesses, not farms....Much sympathy may dissipate when we imagine agribusiness rather than "family farm" subsidies being curtailed....
You write well but probably hate writing, don't you?! Throw in how your vision of America is to the west, not east; and what kind of economy does each vision entail? Hint: T. Jefferson was an AntiFed and loved the "yeoman farmer." Seek his vision....
On this point, I'd like to see you argue for the need for a standing army. Define "standing army" vs. militia first. (throw in the 2nd Amendment for extra challenge).
You can also bring in Alexander Hamilton's argument for a central banking system....
What I understand is pretty undramatic and sounds good--improving environmental and labor standards, which would raise standards closer to the U.S.'s. It also promotes access to and competition among telecommunications providers. Doesn't seem like a conspiracy against the working class.....
But if it is pernicious it's harm would lie in those parts (and there are many) that I don't understand fully. In the end, it's a technical deal that took five years to come to. That gets me to the point of having to trust a news source--essentially I need someone to read it for me. I have used the Council of Foreign Relations and the Economist as touchstones and I haven't been disappointed by their analysis which usually stays relevant years after a topic became "news" or a political distortion of a complicated matter. Both of those say it is a mistake to scrap it....
I appreciate your argument as a whole and that you are not ideological. I'm caught up on your point that our farmers need Asian markets. Don't they need U.S. government subsidies that the TPP would end? And wouldn't the lifting of subsidies (I'm thinking of corn) open the corn belt to lower international prices, leading to--at best--a regional economic crisis and a national one at worst?
From Farm Aid's website:
"And far too often, our rural communities have paid a hefty price as trade policies undermined supply control and price support policies that had for decades kept prices stable for family farmers."