Mammoth Jones
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Government is poor at spending other people's money because most government solutions nowadays amount to:
"Keep government out of it, and let the private sector work its magic."
Case in point: Charter schools.
Charter schools aren't the problem. They're a symptom of the problem in public schools. I didn't go to a charter or private school because our public schools were good. But take those decent public schools and turn them into shit then it's no wonder many parents are willing to try private/charter schools as an alternative.
Government is bad at spending other peoples money because the people aren't in the street flipping the fuck out when their money gets poorly spent. But hey, House of Cards is 4K in June. Sure, in 100 years our kids will be so dumb we won't even be to innovate technology and solutions but whatevs.
Edit: This is just one example that I always consider when the magic charter school bullet point is brought up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/education/28school.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
A school can work together with its union, not fire employees, and actually be successful. I know, in this day and age, unions and "BIG" are two big no-no words, but that's a false dichotomy.
I didn't bring up Charters school, lol. But ok.