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If your union isn't doing a good job as your nanny, hire another one. I'd suggest getting a non-union nanny for better results.
You've just been called out though. You just dont like the idea that what you are pushing for is what they already have in places like Mexico. Small government, huge inequality, massive crime, a rich elite controlling the levers of powers, just as preferred by the libertarian agenda.
I mean, I always thought it was great they got anything at all while medical school is someone providing free labor and paying 10s of thousands of dollars to do so in the process PLUS having to figure out a way to pay for basic living expenses.
There is huge need in the universities for TAs in math, physics, etc. So many undergrads have to take that, and to pay professors to teach all introductory labs/ or grade 150+ classes would financially very difficult. So TAs get paid for 20hrs a week for much more work, at least in publics.
About medical school - there is the MD/PhD option, that's usually "free", but takes longer. Longer, but comparable to what it takes for PhD in STEM fields.
Not everyone can be an extremely skilled person like yourself. Average workers are by definition average. When unions are crushed and government is hijacked by the billionaire class, inequality skyrockets, social problems multiply and despair and crime is the end result. A dog-eat-dog society where the disabled, the sick, the elderly and the vulnerable children are left to fend for themselves or "hire a nanny" as you disparagingly say.
It's up to the individual to acquire the skills that will increase their earning potential, not the government.
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Originally Posted by PCALMike
You've just been called out though. You just dont like the idea that what you are pushing for is what they already have in places like Mexico. Small government, huge inequality, massive crime, a rich elite controlling the levers of powers, just as preferred by the libertarian agenda.
Called out? How dumb.
You obviously don't understand this topic, and I'm not going to explain it since you won't listen.
Our government needs to be reduced and the spending cut. Period.
They make a good show of it, but what they really hate is paying taxes.
The debt has been repeatedly used as an argument to cut services, then immediately afterward vote a tax cut ... and the debt keeps piling on. Amazingly they have the nerve to try that old play again this year, they apparently believe we are all dupes.
The debt is not their reason to cut services, it is their excuse. The reason to cut services is to reduce taxes for the 1%.
Just curious how everyone feels about this one: the GOP's new tax plan will end nontaxable tuition waivers for graduate students who work as TAs or research assistants. In case you aren't aware, the vast majority of PhD students in science, engineering, mathematics, and the rest of the STEM fields get their tuition paid for by grants and receive a very modest stipend of anywhere from $20-35k per year. By ending this waiver, it means a hypothetical PhD student in engineering earning $25k will be have to pay a tax bill of 25% on ~$75k (tuition+stipend), meaning they'd pay over $18k in taxes while only having take home income every year of $25k.
If everyone is supposed to be studying 'non-worthless' majors in STEM, how are we supposed to be competing with other countries like China in high-tech fields and weapons development programs which require inordinate amounts of science, engineering, and technology if all we are going to do is make people who are trying to study those fields homeless because of taxes?
What sort of amazing discoveries have they came up that is deserving of stipends, grants and a free ride.
If they want a PHD in a certain subject, why can't they pay it or better yet why isn't big business paying for their stipend expenses.
The Republican tax plan is as perfect of tax legislation as I have seen, especially when it comes to higher education.
It's up to the individual to acquire the skills that will increase their earning potential, not the government.
Sure lets see how that has worked out for the countries with no proper public education system. Everyone for themselves. The rich families can give their children a good education, while the 99% have to fend for themselves, and the children in abusive homes will have to just accept their fate. As callous as it can get. But good luck trying to find the positives of the Mexican way to organize society with their small government and extreme inequality.
They make a good show of it, but what they really hate is paying taxes.
The debt has been repeatedly used as an argument to cut services, then immediately afterward vote a tax cut ... and the debt keeps piling on. Amazingly they have the nerve to try that old play again this year, they apparently believe we are all dupes.
The debt is not their reason to cut services, it is their excuse. The reason to cut services is to reduce taxes for the 1%.
What sort of amazing discoveries have they came up that is deserving of stipends, grants and a free ride.
If they want a PHD in a certain subject, why can't they pay it or better yet why isn't big business paying for their stipend expenses.
The Republican tax plan is as perfect of tax legislation as I have seen, especially when it comes to higher education.
Just accept that you don’t understand science and move on.
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