Comments on: President Obama To Use Decatur as Backdrop to Promote Education Initiative http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: DawgFan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/#comment-349174 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:28:52 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=26095#comment-349174 You and I are in agreement on investing in education. I only take issue with your advocacy of federally funded daycare for children from low income households and support of potentially failing government programs because they provide an unintended benefit of “free” daycare.

But, not to bog down in the details, while everyone supports education in general, there are partisan plans on how to best accomplish the goal. Obama isn’t here to abstractly champion the necessity of benefits of educating our children. He is here to further his agenda.

]]> By: Cali http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/#comment-349164 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:56:35 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=26095#comment-349164 Put in those terms, what could any president ever do that would not be “highly partisan”? Maybe they should just stay in the White House their whole term. This country made a commitment to public education a long time ago, a commitment that made us prosperous, and continuing that commitment has wide support across a broad spectrum. And education is paid for not just by the “rich” but by pretty much everyone.

]]> By: DawgFan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/#comment-349152 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:32:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=26095#comment-349152 There are truly bitter and/or classless sewage spewers everywhere on the political spectrum. I still remember some of the celebratroy remarks about Reagan’s death on a blog I was reading at the time. People were truly happy that he died, were bragging about how they intend to spit on his grave, etc.

]]> By: Yes it matters... http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/#comment-349149 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:24:08 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=26095#comment-349149 http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/obama-highlight-georgias-pre-k-program-decatur-sch/nWPGM/

The media is at it again. They called us a Dekalb County School. I know someone on here knows who to contact to have them change that to a City of Decatur School.

]]> By: DawgFan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/02/12/president-obama-to-use-decatur-as-backdrop-to-promote-education-initiative/#comment-349148 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:23:35 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=26095#comment-349148 The approaches towards that goal can be wildly different (i.e. not making the “rich” pay for everyone who isn’t). I am not trying to stir the pot, and this isn’t necessarily directed at you, but sometimes liberals need to look past their ideals and focus on reality and practical solutions. We don’t have unlimited resources to do everything single thing that we want to do or should do. Yes, education is at the top of the list, but I am already paying a small fortune for daycare just for my children. Instead of forcing me to pay for daycare for others, maybe we should just license parents. Or, maybe do something less drasic. But, yes, what you propose is akin to socialism and highly partisan.

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