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Politicians Need To Feel The Consequences
Maybe things would be better for everyone if they did
I sometimes wonder why things seem to be getting worse for ordinary people while the politicians who are elected to represent us do nothing about it.
Whether it’s education, health care, the military, or retirement — it seems that the average American gets a raw deal. Maybe it’s because they are not affected by the systems they force on the rest of us.
Education
Have you ever noticed how horribly American public schools do compared to those in other parts of the world, or compared to American public schools from past times?
America used to be a beacon for education for the common person. This was partly due to groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers, who set up schools for both boys and girls. This made early America a place that was head-and-shoulders above other nations in terms of literacy. In New England in the late 18th century, it was 90%, about twice what it was in England at the time.
This included both males and females in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Puritans believed everyone should be able to read the Bible for themselves and the Quakers believed in the equality of all people — so they were among the first to set up…
