Thread: Defund Healthcare,NPR, Planned Parenthood

Originally Posted by Occam's Razor

A defensive military is necessary. An offensive one isn't. When the military exceeds the funds necessary for solely the defense of our own territory, that is funding for an offensive military.

Which has absolutely NOTHING to do with this discussion.

Originally Posted by Occam's Razor

Tis a shame that conservatives dodge their own affinities for big government.

Obviously you haven't been paying much attention. I want it all cut, if I could get military spending cut about 75% to start with, and the entitlement programs cut 100%, I'd be the happiest guy on the planet.

Originally Posted by 9aces

Obviously you haven't been paying much attention. I want it all cut, if I could get military spending cut about 75% to start with, and the entitlement programs cut 100%, I'd be the happiest guy on the planet.

I guess you'll never be that happy then.

The most I could fathom either of these ever being cut is about 50%. It's nearly political suicide to cut either by more than about 10%.

Originally Posted by Disillusioned_1

Only 6% of NPR funding comes from the federal government, and that is mostly to member stations. I don't think they'll go belly up because of a 6% reduction in revenue.

I don't know the numbers for planned parenthood.

Unfortunately, the government part of NPR goes to putting the shows out to rural areas. If this is cut, and more donations are not forthcoming, rural America, especially the children, will not be quite as educated or well rounded as they are now. Cutting education is only for the ignorant that hope others stay as ignorant and do not lift themselves to a higher station.

Originally Posted by Occam's Razor

I guess you'll never be that happy then.

The most I could fathom either of these ever being cut is about 50%. It's nearly political suicide to cut either by more than about 10%.

It's national suicide not to.

Originally Posted by ConLib

Unfortunately, the government part of NPR goes to putting the shows out to rural areas. If this is cut, and more donations are not forthcoming, rural America, especially the children, will not be quite as educated or well rounded as they are now.

Most Americans are divided on what NPR considers educational programming, in fact they have taken it upon themselves to be a main source of liberal propaganda and normalizing.

Cutting education is only for the ignorant that hope others stay as ignorant and do not lift themselves to a higher station.

And yet it is the same for the public education system, one sided gobalty gook on what to think instead of how to think.

Originally Posted by Bottlecap

And yet it is the same for the public education system, one sided gobalty gook on what to think instead of how to think.

Pretty much it in a nutshell. Take history for example, memorize the dates on which such and such happened.

But much, much more important than what happened. WHY? If you do not understand why, just knowing what is useless information.

Why is a question teachers rarely ask anymore.

Originally Posted by 9aces

Pretty much it in a nutshell. Take history for example, memorize the dates on which such and such happened.

But much, much more important than what happened. WHY? If you do not understand why, just knowing what is useless information.

Why is a question teachers rarely ask anymore.

:rolleyes:

No, "why" is a question that students are rarely capable of processing any more.


Parents - turn off the TV. Talk to your children. Take away the phone/game system/computer and interact with your kids.

Originally Posted by pramjockey

:rolleyes:

No, "why" is a question that students are rarely capable of processing any more.


Parents - turn off the TV. Talk to your children. Take away the phone/game system/computer and interact with your kids.

Teach them how. You know the title is TEACHER, if you do not try to teach them, they certainly will not learn.

Yes a lot of parents don't teach their kids the value of why, my wife and I however are not two of them.

Originally Posted by 9aces

Teach them how. You know the title is TEACHER, if you do not try to teach them, they certainly will not learn.

Yes a lot of parents don't teach their kids the value of why, my wife and I however are not two of them.

In an hour/day, there's only so much impact a teacher can have.

Parents need to parent.

(and the intent was the generic "you," not to imply anything about your specific parenting)

Originally Posted by 9aces

Pretty much it in a nutshell. Take history for example, memorize the dates on which such and such happened.

But much, much more important than what happened. WHY? If you do not understand why, just knowing what is useless information.

Why is a question teachers rarely ask anymore.

Teachers have nothing to do with the ACA, NPR nor PP, the title of this thread. The programs of NPR, especially NPR radio has nothing to do with dates and such and such. Especially, the money coming from the tax payers go to allowing NPR to provide programs for the rural parts of the country, and they are mostly quite middle of the road and very factual, and educational.

Of course, most of the righties like the good old warm gut feeling of hate that they get on Fox. Even this isn't free, as it cost them their intelligence and understanding of the real facts.

Originally Posted by pramjockey

In an hour/day, there's only so much impact a teacher can have.

Parents need to parent.

(and the intent was the generic "you," not to imply anything about your specific parenting)

Oh I know, parents must also teach, or just sending them to school is a waste of time and money.

Originally Posted by ConLib

Teachers have nothing to do with the ACA, NPR nor PP, the title of this thread. The programs of NPR, especially NPR radio has nothing to do with dates and such and such. Especially, the money coming from the tax payers go to allowing NPR to provide programs for the rural parts of the country, and they are mostly quite middle of the road and very factual, and educational.

Of course, most of the righties like the good old warm gut feeling of hate that they get on Fox. Even this isn't free, as it cost them their intelligence and understanding of the real facts.

It was an answer to another post.

If NPR can't stand on it's own, it should not. If PP can't stand on it's own, it should not.

I oppose any funds taken from me to fund either. If you support them so strongly, send them all your excess income. I will not stop you, and in fact will applaud your support of your convictions.

You will not support your convictions, you want me to support them for you.