| | :::::::One reason educational centers tend to be biased is that we have a Department of Education here which controls them all.[http://www.ed.gov/] I don't know if England has one, but here it tends to be very liberal and governed by court decisions as well. Again, it forces the teachings of liberals here to indoctrinate students. Those who disagree, the socially conservative 2/3 of Americans (which includes by the way many Democrats and Independents[http://www.people-press.org/2005/05/10/profiles-of-the-typology-groups/][http://www.people-press.org/2011/05/04/typology-group-profiles/]), must homeschool and pursue alternative education (e.g. private schools). Also, colleges here actually get subsidized in large part by the government, especially by very liberal states.[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/business/us-subsidies-to-for-profit-colleges-keep-growing.html?pagewanted=all] If you look at the budgets of many liberal states (Illinois, Wisconsin, California, etc.), you'll see Democrat lawmakers voted to subsidize the state's colleges, and that these have become such major drains on state budgets as to be a major reason states are going bankrupt here. Democrats can essentially control the institutions through government subsidies and the courts. It's just a bad system that's cropped up. | | :::::::One reason educational centers tend to be biased is that we have a Department of Education here which controls them all.[http://www.ed.gov/] I don't know if England has one, but here it tends to be very liberal and governed by court decisions as well. Again, it forces the teachings of liberals here to indoctrinate students. Those who disagree, the socially conservative 2/3 of Americans (which includes by the way many Democrats and Independents[http://www.people-press.org/2005/05/10/profiles-of-the-typology-groups/][http://www.people-press.org/2011/05/04/typology-group-profiles/]), must homeschool and pursue alternative education (e.g. private schools). Also, colleges here actually get subsidized in large part by the government, especially by very liberal states.[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/business/us-subsidies-to-for-profit-colleges-keep-growing.html?pagewanted=all] If you look at the budgets of many liberal states (Illinois, Wisconsin, California, etc.), you'll see Democrat lawmakers voted to subsidize the state's colleges, and that these have become such major drains on state budgets as to be a major reason states are going bankrupt here. Democrats can essentially control the institutions through government subsidies and the courts. It's just a bad system that's cropped up. |
| − | :::::::Finally, as far as tax breaks, actually, 1/3 of Obama's Stimulus consisted of tax cuts. Tax cuts are the least effective form of military spending, even moreso than spending on defense, which was one reason I criticized Obama's Stimulus so strongly.[http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/PERI_IPS_WAND_study.pdf] (See pg. 6) | + | :::::::Finally, as far as tax breaks, actually, 1/3 of Obama's Stimulus consisted of tax cuts. Tax cuts are the least effective form of government spending, even moreso than spending on defense, which was one reason I criticized Obama's Stimulus so strongly.[http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/PERI_IPS_WAND_study.pdf] (See pg. 6) |
| | :::::::--[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:41, 29 July 2012 (EDT) | | :::::::--[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:41, 29 July 2012 (EDT) |
| | :::::::Also, I noticed you mentioned that the New York Times is liberal. Some think this, but I disagree. It's actually more moderate. NBC is even more liberal than FOX is conservative (especially since FOX at least has some liberal hosts like Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel whereas NBC has no conservatives I'm aware of). CBS is very liberal, as outlined in Bernie Goldberg's famous book, "Bias" (I have a copy). CNN and ABC are the ones with reputations as more middle of the road, but CNN definitely slants liberal also. That the other stations all slant left resulting in all the conservatives going to FOX News is pretty well evidenced by TV ratings - FOX has consistently been annihilating other stations for the past 8 years or so.[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-july-26-2012/143000/] It's not uncommon for it to have more viewers in a given time slot than all other networks combined. --[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:56, 29 July 2012 (EDT)--[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:56, 29 July 2012 (EDT) | | :::::::Also, I noticed you mentioned that the New York Times is liberal. Some think this, but I disagree. It's actually more moderate. NBC is even more liberal than FOX is conservative (especially since FOX at least has some liberal hosts like Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel whereas NBC has no conservatives I'm aware of). CBS is very liberal, as outlined in Bernie Goldberg's famous book, "Bias" (I have a copy). CNN and ABC are the ones with reputations as more middle of the road, but CNN definitely slants liberal also. That the other stations all slant left resulting in all the conservatives going to FOX News is pretty well evidenced by TV ratings - FOX has consistently been annihilating other stations for the past 8 years or so.[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-july-26-2012/143000/] It's not uncommon for it to have more viewers in a given time slot than all other networks combined. --[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:56, 29 July 2012 (EDT)--[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 22:56, 29 July 2012 (EDT) |