r/BlackPeopleTwitter Aug 20 '24

Country Club Thread No answers on the other side

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u/singed-phoenix Aug 20 '24

What people don't get about civic fiscal spending is...if you set aside expenditures towards investing in public improvement policies like free healthcare, free college education, free vocational training, free internet...those INVESTMENTS...have awesome RETURN OF INVESTMENT rates.

What I never got was why don't we funnel a shit ton of funding into schools for a few decades...and actually upgrade and update our educational system...not none of that "No Child Left Behind Bullshit"...but actual improvements to how students are taught. Then see how other problems evaporate...like crime, poverty, malnourishment, obesity, environmental degradation...and so on.

Good on Kamala for trying to explain that to the people.

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u/VaselineHabits Aug 20 '24

Why don't we funnel into schools accessible to everyone? Because a certain party does better with an uneducated base. See Texas.