tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post6628513034885441522..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: I know that Dana Garrett will make me regret posting this...Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-64280301198056469462008-12-08T02:25:00.000-05:002008-12-08T02:25:00.000-05:00Delaware Watch said "There has never been a better...Delaware Watch said <I>"There has never been a better anti-poverty program than unions."</I> <BR/><BR/>Tell that to companies like ACME that have difficulty hiring new employees because their unions do nothing for new hires except take a hefty chunk of their already pitiful paychecks while existing union members do not care because most of their union benefits are grandfathered from whatever contract they joined under.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-88147684977005120132008-12-08T02:12:00.000-05:002008-12-08T02:12:00.000-05:00Please correct me if i'm wrong, but Journal of Cog...Please correct me if i'm wrong, but <I>Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience</I> does not appear to be a peer-reviewed journal, and therefore the studies they publish can not really be taken seriously w/o additional supporting evidence.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-16488909296518860992008-12-07T09:41:00.000-05:002008-12-07T09:41:00.000-05:00The first thought that comes to my mind when I thi...The first thought that comes to my mind when I think of the lower socio-economic people I know is living conditions and nutrition. Mac and cheese is much more affordable than fresh fruit and veggies. Moving often is also very disruptive to a child's life and sense of stability.<BR/><BR/>Funny, but when I've had a problem with my furnace, the first question my heating/oil company asks is... Are there children in the house? When I answer yes, I'm immediately labeled as a priority call. There's a solution in that experience. Maybe that question should be asked more often. Maybe we should actually take children into account rather than playing the "children are our future" lip service game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-32655046861756552202008-12-07T01:23:00.000-05:002008-12-07T01:23:00.000-05:00""This is a wake-up call," Knight s...""This is a wake-up call," Knight said. "It's not just that these kids are poor and more likely to have health problems, but they might actually not be getting full brain development from the stressful and relatively impoverished environment associated with low socioeconomic status: fewer books, less reading, fewer games, fewer visits to museums."<BR/><BR/>"from the stressful and relatively impoverished environment associated with low socioeconomic status..."<BR/><BR/>If they doesn't say that the problem is (once more) low & stagnate wages and job availability, I don't know what does. To hell w/ minimum wage legislation. We need living wage legislation as well as adoption of the Employee Free Choice Act. There has never been a better anti-poverty program than unions.Delaware Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619357338844485803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-60038866304838482092008-12-06T22:56:00.000-05:002008-12-06T22:56:00.000-05:00The question is not whether government interventio...The question is not whether government intervention is needed, the question is where that government intervention comes from. States need to have a larger responsibility to deal with the socioeconomic issues under their jurisdiction, spending money in order to fulfill the constitutional principles of equity. I'm afraid that we're too far gone from that ideal to really have that happen, though. The question that should be asked is what is the fundamental educational standard under which we need to be judged nationally and what resources we need to expend to get there. To say parental responsibility is vital ignores the fundamental problems of out-of-date textbooks and crumbling facilities. Set some minimum standards about facilities and resources, fund them, and then let the states figure out the rest. Anything less would be an insult to the idea of a public sector.Zafo Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389121607537753155noreply@blogger.com