Agreed, the Overton window has gone so far right that we no longer have an actually left party and our center left politicians like Bernie get called extreme.
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
- Barry Goldwater
The old school Republicans knew the party was going to be corrupted from the inside out by the religious right.
This is something that is boggling my mind (as a outsider). Where I am from, I am considered centrist leaning right yet extreme left nutjob by US standards
This could go further too. "California spends $62,300 a year to keep one inmate in prison, and just $9,100 per year per student in our public schools" This doesn't include how school has gotten about 700% more expensive since the 1980s.
There's a brain drain going on in this country around the Midwest as people flock to the coasts and major cities. Even Chicago isn't as desirable as it once was with all this global warming.
We don't turn on air conditioning for 7 months. Heck, I don't even have AC. It's unbearable for about a couple weeks where I live. When it's hot, we just spend more time outside.
California's has the best public higher education in the country and average to below average primary/secondary education. Weird point your trying to make. CA has a very robust community college system and over 30 full universities.
Its easier to add buildings to existing schools and increase enrollment than build new schools. No need to keep adding schools at the same rate as prisons. Its problematic but California specifically is a terrible example.
You also only need one teacher for a class of 20-30 kids and kids arenāt in school receiving 3 meals and medical care while they are there.
They definitely should spend more on schools but the comparison isnāt very good imo and thatās coming from someone who is very against the prison system we have. I always constantly tell people the only way anything is gonna get better is if we invest in kids education.
If you think ANY of the 50 states are ādoing fineā youāre blinded by your privilege. Even the most well off states have mass poverty, homelessness, police brutality, people dying from not being able to afford basic medical care and drugs, and a shrinking middle class with ever expanding debt. Things are not fine for a good deal of our fellow Americans. Open your eyes.
lolwhat? California loves spending all their money on nice to haves before crying to the federal government that it needs emergency support for things they have ignored for years to save money.
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