I don't know what the % of Pell grant increase was. Do you?
no, hence why I asked
I agree, which is why we need to get our education system working better. Pumping money into it, obviously isn't working... So I don't think more money will magically fix the problem. K-12 public education, I think the major problem is too much money eaten by administrative costs.
adnistration can be a problem, some areas have to little, others too much
I just dont think its good to cut federal grants while states are cutting their budgets
but, yeah your system may need a rethink
What is 70% of clean energy funding? What are you talking about? Its hard to debate one line sentences that don't elaborate on what your talking about.
many GOP candidates support
Thats straight false, do you actually think the government bailed out every bank in trouble? No they didn't. Do you remember Lehman Brothers, 4th largest in US? It went bankrupt, government didn't bail them out, and the world didn't implode.
they bailed out evry (proportionate to the US) very large bank Lehman was the exception, it had disastrous consequences
But, like I said, I can kinda accept stabilizing the banking system. But why auto companies? And why 800 billion (Iraq and Afganastan so far cost us 1 trillion) for a "stimulus" that had virtually no effect on the economy?
the job losses would have been massive
Not really, its so states can choose the best way to spend that money, instead of a one size fits all federal system.
but it would still seem to me that they plan to shift the costs more to the states, no?
No it doesn't, it goes to pay for the growing entitlement programs no democrat wants to cut funds from... and even if it did, do you know how silly that sounds? Take money from companies, decreasing their ability to create jobs, so you can give it back to give them incentive to create jobs? Really how does that make any sense at all?
employment subsidies, wage top-ups, tax breaks
My max wait to see a doctor... a few days. Why do you think the government is the solution to everything?
look, I dont think an NHS system could work in the US.. however the other two models would work very well - and leave you with more disposable income
How much of your pay check do you get to keep every week?
most European countries have relatively high rates of tax
much of this goes to pay for government healthcare, to subsidise premiums (most of western europe)
In Ireland taxes werent high - as our tax system was built on a bubble, and the state provides healthcare for only about 40% of the population - and thats limited
I don't know what your talking about again.
the reported problems
Nether is the free market bad or scary... why not use what works when it works and forget about these silly labels. IF the UK likes its systems, and wants to keep them great for them. They should do what suits them. But why do so many Europeans get upset the US doesn't want to have a system just like theirs?
A truly free market is very very scary