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Economics, sociology combine to seek sources of growth
By Shao Yihang, Liu Ya'nan | 2015-01-20 | Hits:
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Philippe Mario Aghion (1956- ) is a French economist. He is the Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His main research work is on growth and contract theory. With Peter Howitt, he developed the so-called "Schumpeterian paradigm" and extended the paradigm in several directions.
Peter Wilkinson Howitt (1946- ) is a Canadian economist. He is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. Howitt has been a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada since 1992. He served as president of the Canadian Economics Association from 1993–1994. He co-wrote a book with Aghion titled Endogenous Growth Theory.
The sustained growth that China has seen since the reform and opening up has often been hailed as an "economic miracle," but recently its annual growth slowed significantly, dropping to 7.4 percent in the first half of 2014.
China's leaders are embracing a new economic paradigm that they refer to as the "new normal," which is characterized by relatively slower growth and sustainability. The key point of current research is how China, the largest developing country in the world, can avoid the middle-income trap and make another miracle. It is evident that exploring new ways to invigorate the economy within the context of the "new normal" has become a focus of Chinese economic development.
Economic structure
When long-term sources of economic growth are considered, the total factor productivity (TFP) element of the economics of growth is worthy of particular attention. According to new theories of growth, sustainable growth should originate from an increase of TFP, which includes two approaches: improving efficiency and technological innovation. The former stresses the optimization of resource allocation despite the constraints of available technology and resources, while the latter aims to expand technological frontiers in production.
To change the growth model from one driven by investment to an innovation-driven model, it is necessary to identify the factors that influence the efficiency of resource allocation and technological innovation. Structure is the crux of the matter. It should be noted that the word "structure" here refers to industrial configurations at the macroscopic and microscopic level within the economic structure and spatial agglomeration as well as social stratification, which has an effect on long-term growth potential.
Previous studies on economic growth paid more attention to achieving balanced growth within the overall economy. By comparison, developmental economics focuses more on the differences in economic structure, which have been included into the analytical framework of growth. Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, representative figures in the economics of growth, pointed out that in the past 20 years, developmental economists had reasonable doubts about the growth model based on total quantity. They contend that attention should be paid to the differences in structure in order to better understand economic growth in terms of development.
At the micro level, some scholars find that some enterprises in developing countries also have the most advanced production technology. The theory of technology diffusion alone fails to account for the differences between countries in terms of TFP. And the main reason may be that resources are improperly distributed among different enterprises. At present, with micro-data of enterprises being more accessible, research on the relationship between distorted resource allocation and TFP has become a hot topic in growth studies.
At the macro level, Hollis Burnley Chenery and other economists emphasize structural transformations in the process of economic growth. From a static perspective, overall economic productivity undoubtedly varies according to different industrial structures. Furthermore, it can been seen from a dynamic perspective that the pace of technological progress varies greatly in different industrial sectors, and technological innovation also includes multiple types that have different effects and impacts, such as general and targeted techniques.
As a consequence, overall technological progress is closely related to the industrial structure and development policies adopted for targeted industries. Moreover, with the revival of regional and urban economics and the rise of new economic geography, the factor of space, once neglected by economists, has received attention again. The influence of agglomeration on efficiency and innovation has been included into the theoretical research on growth. Technological progress and industrial restructuring in modern economic development is inseparable from spatial agglomeration of economic activities.
In addition to economic structure, attention should be also paid to the influence of social structure. In fact, economic development includes economic growth and social development. Classical studies on economic development in history, such as those of Karl Marx and Max Weber, all explained the relationship between economy and society. Ultimately, economics and sociology became independent disciplines, but recently interdisciplinary research has begun to examine economic problems from a sociological perspective once again.
When viewed in terms of economic structure, social structure has multiple meanings. In a broad sense, social structure contains economic structure. In a narrow sense, at the core of social structure is social stratification. A focus of most sociologists, social stratification as well as social mobility constitutes key factors that can influence the sources of long-term growth.
In sociology, research on social stratification and mobility focuses on justice and equality. Recently, however, importance has been attached to the relations between social stratification, social mobility and economic growth. As Chinese economist Cai Hongbin noted, social mobility is the core of long-term growth. Philippe Aghion also stated the importance of social mobility to China's economic transition and development in the future. Moreover, as Ronald Inglehart, a political scientist from the University of Michigan, argues, social stratification has a direct influence on mainstream cultural values, which have a fundamental impact on economic growth. Thus, it can be concluded that social stratification and mobility can exert fundamental influence on long-term growth.
Combination of two structures
In a word, to explore the sources of China's economic growth in its current stage of development, it is important to take into full account differences in terms of individuals, enterprises, space in economy and society while paying attention to economic and social structure and examining the influence of structural factors on production efficiency and technological innovation.
At the micro level of economic structure, it's essential to uncover the key factors that lead to distorted resource allocation among enterprises. At the macro level, it is necessary to research the synergy among industrial restructuring, upgrading and spatial agglomeration.
Urban development is the embodiment of the evolution of industrial restructuring and spatial agglomeration, and the rise of metropolitan areas or urban agglomerations is a reflection of such evolution on a broader scale. For this reason, cities and urban agglomerations are playing a more prominent role in economic development in modern times.
Therefore, research on industrial restructuring and spatial agglomeration should be combined within the same analytical framework of growth. Also, efforts should be made to figure out the influence and effect of these factors, such as industrial correlation and clustering, diversification as well as specialization of urban industry and urban systems on TFP and ultimately on economic growth. At present, in the normative research in this field, either theoretical or empirical analysis has seldom been conducted and still needs to be strengthened.
In terms of social structure, social stratification and mobility exert a fundamental influence on economic growth through the definition of cultural values, the distribution of human resources and the enhancement of human capital. It is a long-term strategy to guide the formation of social stratification in such a way that it encourages innovation, enlarges the creative class and achieves equality in education in order to realize sustainable growth. Furthermore, social mobility should be improved to develop people with potential into excellent professionals and provide a talent pool that spurs innovation and creation.
In addition, attention should be paid to the synergy between industrial restructuring and social stratification evolution. Meanwhile, it is vital to analyze the compatibility and coordination of development policies in this respect. By comparison, there has been a bigger shortage of research on the relations between social stratification, mobility and economic growth so far, and it is urgent to make more efforts in this area of research.
Shao Yihang is from the School of Economics and Liu Ya'nan is from the Research Center for Economics and Culture at Xiamen University.


Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says Qatar has been 'choked' by its neighbours after a number of countries cut ties with the Gulf state. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT. NO REPORTER NARRATION. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (June 13) denounced the isolation of Qatar, saying the boycott of the Gulf state by neighbours was akin to a "death penalty". Erdogan's defence of Qatar, in a parliamentary speech to members of his ruling AK Party, comes after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt severed relations with Doha last week, accusing it of supporting Islamist militants and Iran - allegations it says are baseless. "Qatar is not a country which supports terrorism. On the contrary, Qatar has shown the most decisive stance, alongside Turkey, against the terrorist organisation Islamic State," Erdogan said. The Turkish leader added he would hold a conference call on Tuesday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani to discuss recent developments. Erdogan has vowed to keep supporting Qatar and has said the dispute should be resolved before the end of the holy month of Ramadan.


I just returned from an eye-opening weekend retreat on which the focus was seeking the Kingdom of God. It was in breathtaking surroundings in an environment that filled the senses with the stunning beauty of God's creation.
The weekend surprisingly began with Matthew 6:25-34 the "do not be anxious" passages. As we read through them verse by verse, I began to take heart at the uplifting and vital message.
It's not about abandoning your responsibilities. It's not about sitting back and waiting for God to drop food into your yard like He did with the Israelites in the desert. It's about forgoing the desire to keep up with the newest diet, the best wine or designer water, the latest fashion or exercise fad. It's about living simply, and honoring God first in everything – self, relationships, work, thoughts, speech, and action.
It's about understanding that if God can feed birds and cause magnificent flowers and fruit to bloom during drought and scarcity, He will make provision for your basic needs.
What is the kingdom of God? How do we seek it?
It's about helping needy children, the single elderly, and foreigners among us.
It's about doing the small things, encouraging others. It's about being a vessel so God can shine his light and love through you. It's about offering a smile to someone having a bad day even when you're feeling crappy. It's about making a call or sending an email or text message even when you don't think you have time. It's about putting someone else first even when you're having a bad day. It's about doing the right thing even when no one is looking.
he didn't mean for us to seek or build anything for personal gain or recreation. Sorry, but this includes the mammon-driven "prosperity gospel." There is no such thing. If it's all about you, it's not all about Jesus. If it's all about you, it's not all about the Father. If it's all about you, then you have become your own idol.
Matthew 7:7-8 is about asking the Holy Spirit to tell us what we can do to seek and build God's kingdom.
Trusting that we will be cared for by our Father, is the hardest concept to grasp but the most important, after accepting Christ. Wonderful post, Susan.
Thanks, Beth. I have to remind myself often, and He always – always – comes through. I only need look back to find evidence. It's when I'm in it that those other voices seem to drown His out. I just need to "be still, and know that" He is there.
Thank you so very much, Kim. I think just being honest about our doubts and fears and our love for God lets others know that it's okay to be human. I get sustenance from role models like David, Hannah and Habakkuk, all of whom had real and honest conversations with God, giving Him all their emotions. God is big – He can handle them.
Thank you for your kind words. The path is not easy sometimes, yet the focus is so important. Looking back, I can honestly say that His timing was always better, his silence was always preparing me for His plan. The waiting room is part of the journey.
All we need is simplicity – within that when we seek first the Kingdom of God – we find real prosperity – that is when our souls are prospering to such a degree that we no longer need to worry or be anxious because we know without doubt that our Almighty Father has us in the palm of His hands. Paul speaks about learning to be content when we have abundance and when we have little – to me that is all about having our focus on what He wants for us and the steps He wants us to take.
A beautiful reflection Susan – thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks, Mich – always love your insight. You're absolutely right – our contentedness in our relationship with the Lord is our true prosperity.
The first two are from the retreat, yes. I did not want to leave. I wanted to stay and watch the deer and the stellar jay, and soak up the pastoral nature of the place. Luckily, I was able to soak up some quiet time by myself, as everyone else romped up to Yosemite during a break. It was lovely.
Nicely written, Susan. Thank you.
Ahh Susan, how lovely that you got to go on a retreat, especially as you have such a busy time coming up with your move.
So much stems from the daily choices we make to invest in others…or not.
Just curious, is the 'prosperity gospel' still big in the States? I remember when it was the big thing in the 80s.
Sad to say, yes. It's a twisted gospel of self focus. It takes people away from the true message of Jesus.
Looking forward to your blog on Thanksgiving. We'll have to compare notes. Looking forward to mine with dear friends this year.
good for you Susan, I have to 'unplug' from the Net every now and again too!
Down time is something we all need. Never feel bad about taking it easy for a time. Hope the move went/is going well.
Was wondering where you had gone! Glad to hear you had such a lovely experience. Welcome back!
Thanks! I've been busy packing for my move, then went off to retreat. Sorry I disappeared, but glad I'm back. I have over 700 emails to go through. Feel horrible about not getting to blogs, but just needed some down time.


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WILLY SHIVES has been recognized as one of the most charismatic
dancers of his time and declared by the New York Times as "an astounding
dancer." He danced his way into an enduring and award-winning
professional career that included companies in New York, Chicago, Austin,
Tulsa, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh. Shives held a brilliant 16-
year tenure with the Joffrey Ballet, first as a leading dancer before moving
into the role of ballet master. He was named Chicagoan of the Year in
2003. In 2004, the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance honored him with an
award for "Outstanding Artistry." Later in 2005, the Dallas Dance Council
presented Shives with the Natalie Skelton Texas Legacy Award for Artistic
Shives has also garnered international acclaim for his artistry as a coach
and repetiteur. He serves both the Gerald Arpino Foundation and Antony
Tudor Trust. In 2019, he began his affiliation with the Universal Ballet in
Seoul, South Korea. He staged Apino's "Ruth Ricordi per Due" for the
company's Special Gala Celebration. Shives is part of an esteemed
international panel of master teachers and judges for the World Ballet
Competition (WBC).
Shives was appointed to direct Ballet San Antonio from 2015-2018. He
elevated the company during his tenure, earning the distinction "Best Arts
Organization" by San Antonio Magazine 2017. By 2018 Shives was ready
to pursue other creative and international projects. He has created over a
dozen original works and reconstructed and restaged several full-length
classical ballets including: Don Quixote, Giselle, The Nutcracker and
Sleeping Beauty.
Shives received his early start in dance with the Rio Grande Valley Ballet in
Texas. He went on to receive his formal ballet training under George
Balanchine at the School of American Ballet in New York City on a Ford
Foundation Scholarship. He also trained at the Houston Ballet Academy
and at the Harkness Ballet in New York City. In 1981, Shives married his
childhood sweetheart Evie Peña. Today, the Shives' and their two beautiful
daughters have remained steadfast and passionate, choosing to live a life
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More History than you can Imagine!
1. Deerhurst is the smallest village and has 2 Saxon Chapels!
2. Apperley is the largest village with a nucleus of houses with a fork in the road surrounding a Village Green and Pond in front of Apperley Church.
3. Deerhurst Walton is situated on a ridge with a single road passing through it.
The history in this parish is endless. We are so lucky to have 2 Saxon Churches in Deerhurst , 1 with a priory called St. Mary`s, 1 that`s a chapel called Oddas Chapel and 2 lovely red bricked victorian churches in Apperley- 1 Church of England -Holy Trinity and 1 Methodist. We have 1 manor house called Wightfield and a Court called Apperley Court. In Deerhurst Walton we have a Pigeon Coop , and a Manor House called Manor Farm, and in all 3 villages there is a wealth of black and white timbered framed cottages and red bricked victorian cottages the clay bricks sourced from the River Severn.
To top it all an array of ancient pathways linking all of these historic features make them all accessible for us all to enjoy.
Just to Whet your appetite for what`s around.
Here are 6 images that give us some clues to our past!


Update: The Journal of Peace, Prosperity & Freedom now has its own web page: www.la.org.au/journal.
As the post below, from Liberty Australia, notes, another scholarly libertarian journal is in the works. It joins existing journals such as Libertarian Papers, The Independent Review, and Reason Papers, as another outlet for scholarly articles on the topic of liberty and related fields like Austrian economics, with a focus on Australia.
To mark the historic Mises Seminar in Sydney, Liberty Australia is launching The Journal of Peace, Prosperity and Freedom. It will be dedicated to Austrian economics, revisionist history, legal arguments from an individualist perspective and other topics not adequately addressed by the IPA Review and Policy. The primary focus will be on Australia, although analysis of other countries is welcome too.
Journals are typically peer-reviewed, so I will maintain a list of referees with expertise in the specialist topics covered by the review. If you are interested in acting as a referee please shoot me an email.
Distribution: Published and distributed online. A print copy can be ordered through Amazon.com. I can also set up a regular subscription system, for those who prefer it to be automatically posted to them.
The citation format used is the Cambridge Style, so please make sure submissions conform to this.
There's no deadline: submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
If you'd like to be a volunteer editor, have graphic design skills or want to donate time or money in other ways, do get in touch.


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This Wednesday, September 14, is the 202th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, a song that became America's national anthem in 1931, more than 100 years after it was written, another bit of Herbert Hoover's legacy.
I quit singing the national anthem more than 25 years ago. It is hard to sing, for sure; but moreover, I have had no taste for the militarism and dominance on which it is founded and which it spews. Plus, "the land of the free and the home of the brave" has never really rung true for me, as a lesbian lacking both civil rights and courageous political leaders who would be allies in the pursuit. America just doesn't seem all that brave to me. We consistently avoid difficult conversations and strategic changes that would make life better for a lot of people, just because we're afraid. "Land of the free, home of the brave" doesn't describe America as I know it.
This Wednesday, besides the birthday of this song, is also a little-noticed festival in the Church, Holy Cross Day, a day for remembering a key event of Christianity, the execution of Jesus.
Sunday was Rally Day at Woodside and so many churches, and it really all relates. Not in a "hate America" way, which some folks will assume from this writing; but in a "permission to figure it out" kind of way, which is the best kind of faith tradition. Permission to learn and grow and change and grow and change again and more. Including the songs that define our faith, including the songs that declare and command our greatest allegiances.
This Sunday, we began a new round of faith exploration for children and adults.The children continue learning the stories of faith; adults are exploring new connections between the faith we profess (faith which is ever evolving) and the lives that we live. In our worship, we continue to explore songs of faith, songs which help us express our deepest longings and greatest hopes.
Things keep changing. We keep singing.
But this doesn't change: we are Woodside. And as always, you are welcome. Whatever your song.
I was fascinated a few years ago when the remains of King Richard III were found under a parking lot in England. Richard died in 1485; I was amazed anything identifiable still remained at all.
This week, there is news of other royal remains: archeologists believe Henry I may rest under another parking lot in another city in England. Henry died in 1135 of food poisoning. He gorged himself on his favorite unhealthy stuff, and then he died.
There is a lesson in here.
None of that surprises me, politics of the dark and middle ages being what they were. (And I'm not sure why I just relegated that to those "less enlightened" times.) Henry was a power broker, a power monger, a political animal. Power is a drug, and Henry's bad behaviors could all be symptoms of his addiction.
The story went on to tell how they think he may have ended up in a parking lot. There used to be a church there, Henry's favorite. He was buried at the church, under the altar. Four hundred years later, the church was torn down, when Henry VIII had a fit of anti-Catholicism. Three hundred years after that, a prison was built on the site. Which eventually included ample parking.
So, to recap, Henry allowed a political rival to poke his granddaughters' eyes out. But he was a religious man and wanted to be buried in the church.
And we mourn and pray and shake our heads, and wonder whether anything will ever be different, whether we will ever regain any sense of responsibility to one another or any sense of national well-being or human equilibrium. Signs are not good.
And then this: a Tennessee lawmaker is giving away two assault rifles, similar to the ones used in the slaughter, giving them away as door prizes at a fund-raising event. To be fair, he had already announced the event (with one AR-15 door prize) BEFORE the patrons of the Pulse nightclub were terrorized and executed. But after the shooting, he changed his plans. He decided to give away a second weapon. "I'm sick and tired of the media and liberal politicians attacking our right to keep and bear arms," he posted on Facebook.
On a hunch, I googled the legislator and learned he has previously drafted anti-gay legislation.
I also learned he is a deacon in his Baptist church.
In other news, the Washington Post told of a Sacramento pastor who posted a sermon online decrying the fact that the shooter in Orlando didn't get them all.
One could say none of this is surprising. Even as a package, it is so, so common. "Good Christian" equals anti-gay, pro-gun. It's practically the American way.
I think about Henry I. He died of food poisoning, and probably not unrelated to his power addiction. "He was a religious man and would have wanted to be buried in a church," said the historian, though he sacrificed his granddaughters to mutilation for some political gain. He gorged himself on his favorite unhealthy stuff, and then he died of food poisoning.
And I think about the Church, the remains of Jesus. The abominable ways we read scripture, the distorted tales we tell of the early church, the misguided perception we have of Jesus' own life, the way we often usurp a higher claim. Are we complicit? Do we just continue to gorge ourselves, poison ourselves, on unhealthy stuff to our own detriment? How do we mutilate the body of Christ for power, political or otherwise?
Given our history, and as with Henry, I am amazed anything identifiable still remains at all.
So this is what I mean when I lift up the biblical theology of "remnant" — the Christ-like identifiable remains. In our world, there are still faithful people, people of all faiths, who are not an embarrassment to God. Let us strive ever to be among them.
I had a day yesterday of not liking people very much. Among other things, I was told about an exciting new ministry (not in Flint) with which I surely should find a way to partner. They do such good stuff, you know. Feeding people, sharing hot drinks on cold days, playing basketball with children, making people feel at home. All of which is great, and all of which is done by thousands of organizations across the country. But this organization is different, and I'll forego the partnership, thanks.
First, I read the ministry's mission statement, which, by the way, isn't really a mission statement. It says something like "we exist to do things consistent with our mission." So does Wells Fargo. So does the US Army. Neither of which is a community-based ministry, despite what they may say on the commercials and recruiting posters.
Next, I watched a short video of the leader, and learned how God had led him to this ministry and given him a building. In a neighborhood not unlike much of Flint, the community center was cheap and the seller threw in the house next door for free. Which surely must be God, and not the ravages of a rigged economy. I'm sure God won't mind taking the credit/blame yet again.
Then, I read the sparse info on the still under-development website, and learned that the minister's goal was to inject all the people with the love of Jesus. Which sounds violent and painful. And made me think of all the other missions and ministries which inject people with various things, like English and western clothing and iPhones and capitalism and revisionist history, often in the name of Jesus. All the ways that we've colonized so many peoples over the history of Christianity. Yes, we say, we'll bring grain and bibles, and make sure you're nourished on our food and our religion. Yes, we'll provide powdered baby formula in a country where there is a dearth of clean water. Just sign this irrevocable loan agreement and hand over the keys to your future. Yes, we'll provide whatever you need, in exchange for you becoming more like us, more open to our co-opting of your resources and commodities for our global trade needs, and more attentive to an eventual heaven rather than the desirability of a temporal revolution.
Then I found out they are "partnering" with the local public elementary school, doing God knows what, while taking pictures of the children for their social media use. Because parents living in poverty don't have enough to worry about, don't have to face down enough threats to their children's security. But who has money for an attorney, and why would anyone expect to afford the same consideration – that is, legal right – to those parents as to their more economically resourced white, suburban counterparts? They are merely fodder for our feel-good; they should appreciate all that we're doing for them. Hundreds of Christmas presents, after all. Plus the hot chocolate and basketball.
Next I learned they are bankrolled by a giant congregation that seems to delight in establishing a similar presence in vulnerable neighborhoods across the region. All the while gathering CEOs of far-too-wealthy corporations and thousands of members who reliably vote for purveyors of the conservative social policies that got us into this mess to start with. A sort of whacked out economic Munchausen's syndrome by spiritual proxy. It's all pretty screwed up. Pretty exploitative. Like colonialism but without the need for vaccinations or a passport.
Then, God provided me with a real-life metaphor. Apparently, according to a Christian news outlet, the leader of this ministry encountered a burglar in his kitchen, and while he waited for the police, he talked to the burglar about the love of Jesus. While holding him at gunpoint.
Jesus at gunpoint. When ministries use human need as an opportunity to force religious dogma.
I don't know exactly where I'm going with this, except to say this: some people may think Woodside Church isn't really Christian, doesn't talk enough about Jesus, is too accepting of other faiths, isn't really religious enough. But I think the way we do faith here is more consistent with Jesus himself than so many things that get done in his name. We have questions here, about everything. We try to meet human need where we can, and we work to make connections among the political, societal and spiritual parts of our lives. We live a public faith that is continually under construction, continually seeking ways to strengthen the common good and repair a world shredded by insatiable self-dealing, including our own.
Maybe we could do more. And maybe we will, as our mission continues to evolve in response to our changing city. But I think Flint needs us, a challenging voice clear about the emperor's lack of clothing, a welcoming place for people to be themselves.
Always welcome, and never at gunpoint.
There's a series on Hulu I've fallen for lately, only 8 episodes, so not too much of a distraction. It is called 11.22.63, which, of course, is the day Kennedy was shot and killed in Dealey Plaza in Dallas.
The short story is that Jake, a high school and adult ed teacher from Maine in 2015, learns through a friend about a time portal, the "rabbit hole," through which he can travel back to October 1960. The friend, dying from cancer as a result of Agent Orange, persuades Jake to go back and prevent the assassination, to prevent the ramp-up in Vietnam, which he blamed on Johnson, and so ultimately to prevent the friend's cancer. So Jake tries it. And without ruining the whole thing for you, I can tell you this lesson he learned pretty quickly: when you try to change the past, the past pushes back.
In social and political discourse, we refer to the "system," and in some corners, folks still talk about "the man." In this electoral season, it's "the establishment." As in the parties, PACS and profiteers that control us, that write the social equation to their own benefit, that won't take no for an answer.
At both ends of the political spectrum, there is a disgruntled bunch saying "no" and trying to make it stick. The ones on the far right and the ones on the far left have only this in common: an acute awareness that something isn't working. Of course, we don't agree on what isn't working, much less how to fix it, but each edge has embraced what it considers an off-the-radar candidate to carry its flag.
Now, you know me, and you know I believe the right has it wrong. You probably could guess that I don't think the left is nearly left enough. I get this from scripture. So, let's concede that I'm out of the mainstream, the 80 percent in the middle where candidates will duke it out in the general election.
primary, the tabulations of the less desirable, but winning, candidate were on the screen, but it was the face of the one who lost, the establishment's choice, which was shown prominently on the screen, perhaps to boost the public impressions of the candidate's strength. Writers I trust seem to have given up on their long-held ideals, suddenly jumping on some other bandwagon. Is it because they're syndicated by major corporations? Even facebook seems to be manipulating coverage; watch what "trends," and tell me if you think I'm wrong.
It could be that I'm just a jaded conspiracy theorist. Or it could be that the establishment is in full defense mode. Because the system isn't working and people are catching on.
Establishment. System. The man. Big Pharma. Wall Street. In church, we call them the powers and principalities. And some would add "church" to the list.
No good for you, no good for me.
Paul, the apostle, wrote that our fight is not against people, but against the forces of self-absorption, against the powers and principalities. With all due respect to Paul, the powers and principalities are a system made of people, not just unidentifiable energy or auras or karma. Actual people.
Three folks I trust read advance copies of this newsletter and all three told me it didn't really go anywhere. One said she felt me holding back. I am. Because I'm trying to say something about the system that isn't about a particular candidate.
So here's the truth: I feel manipulated. Bottom line is that the system has an agenda and I'm in the way. So are you, FYI. We are component parts, and we are being sold off for parts. I'm not against having a system. But I am against one that uses, exploits and manipulates us. The system we have has steered far off course. I resent the system that seems to have decided well in advance who will be our next president and how life will go for the foreseeable future, even before we're done voting.
"Rabbit holes," they say, are metaphors for disorienting, nonsensical realities. And I'm looking at the rabbit hole we're being asked to jump into, and I'm disgusted and angry. More than any other political season.
But if "rabbit hole" is a way of talking about disorienting or nonsensical realities, perhaps "resurrection" is the way of describing the antidote — the only thing that makes any sense at all.
So I guess I would like to say that voting is part of a resurrected life. So are donating, and organizing and protesting and boycotting and choosing animals from a shelter instead of from a breeder and questioning where food comes from and challenging the tax benefits of a Panamanian life.
In a system that likes keeping all the power for itself, maybe resurrection is just life fighting back.
There was a moment in the Democratic Presidential Debate Sunday night which I've been pondering since. A question that dogs me. It was this: Don Lemon of CNN asked both candidates to name their racial blind spots. You can grade their responses for yourself, but I think they both stumbled. And I've been asking myself since then what my own racial blind spot is, or more likely, what they are. plural.
My first instinct was to discount the question. "Blind spots" seem by definition to be things we don't know, can't see. "What can't you see?" is a question with no answer, unless someone with vision is standing with me to describe it. So the only way to name my own blind spot is to trust my guide to tell me what I'm missing. I am thankful for those in my life who have helped me along the way, and trust there will be others to come along as well. I hope I am always open to their experience and wisdom.
My second instinct was to re-tool the question. Perhaps "blind spot" isn't the right phrase. Maybe "shortcoming" would be a better descriptor for me. What are my racial short-comings? That may be a question I am more able to ponder, though it is still painful to consider. I know I have them. I just have a hell of a time mustering the vulnerability required in naming them out loud.
In any event, the question was Mr. Lemon's and I have no right to judge or rewrite his question. So perhaps my shortcoming is the inclination to answer the question I wish had been asked. Certainly there has been no shortage of that in any of the debates.
Still, I give the candidates credit for trying. I had the feeling they wanted to be honest, wanted to bare their souls, to stand with, rather than over and against. For that, I'm appreciative. I'm also white, which I know affects the way I hear the question and evaluate the answer.
While I search for insight, I also ponder the meta-question. The process. And that's the conversation in my head I've been encouraged by a colleague to write about.
So, there's a story I'm remembering. It may be urban legend, or based on some real encounter. Khrushchev and someone, Nixon, perhaps, or Kennedy or Eisenhower or Cronkite. I was young. But here's what happened: someone asked Khrushchev a thoughtful question. And Khrushchev calmly lit a cigarette before answering. Slowly, deliberately, he lit a cigarette. And then took a long drag and expelled the smoke. Then, he answered the question. When the story was told to a young me, it was with the revelation that the cigarette wasn't the point; the point was having time to think.
Quiet has been a theme for me this Lent. Specifically a hunger for it.
I'm not sure we are always willing to give one another time to think. At the debate, candidates had 60 seconds or maybe 90 seconds to make a coherent statement of national importance. The only way to do that, we think, is to know in advance what we will say when the expected questions come. It leaves no room for the unexpected, no time to think. In fact, we criticize candidates who need time to think, supposing that it means they don't know, aren't prepared to be commander in chief. But I think of the state of the world, and I would really like to know that we can count on our leaders to be thoughtful people, ready to sit quietly and work it through, whatever it is.
So I'm thinking about how often we fill the emptiness, as if stricken by an allergy to quiet, how often we talk over each other, or how often we assume that needing a moment to think is a character flaw, indicative of a lack of knowing. Khrushchev lit a cigarette. And the one asking the question waited respectfully.
What are your racial blind spots? It is a serious question that needs reflection, and I would applaud the candidate or leader or colleague or average voter willing to ponder it at length.
It's a difficult topic, a painful topic, but we won't get anywhere with platitudes or memorized answers. We need to hear, to think, to consider and reconsider. Such is the stuff of learning.
What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be white? Or gay or straight or transgender or from the South or from Middle East? There no way to know unless we talk. And listen. And think.
So that's where I am. And if you are willing to be in that conversation with me, I'll welcome your kind and gentle insights.
Help me see. Expect me to stumble. And give me time to think.
If you have any interest in historical stuff, there is a wild computer simulation of the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. In August, 79 CE, the stratovolcano spewed tons of ash that darkened the skies and blanketed the region, in some places 75 feet deep. Rain that followed turned the ash blanket into a concrete tomb. The city suffocated. In the ruins, 18 centuries later, excavators found cavities in the concrete the shape of the long-decomposed bodies of the people who were buried in the cataclysm. The entire event took barely a day.
In the computer simulation, the first ominous scene is just a bit of wispy smoke in the distance. Hours later, there are guards on a rooftop as the city starts to shake. In a few more hours, one guard falls from his post; the other remains, guarding the city as it grows increasingly dark and ashen. Eventually, the city is crumbling, and the second guard finally falls from his post, vigilant to the end.
Of course, the guards were part of a reenactment, but I wondered anyway: what made them stay? Denial of the increasing heaviness of the air? False hope or false certainly that the worst would never actually happen? Lack of a frame of reference for anything like that to which they would shortly succumb?
In the 1920s and 30s, a self-aggrandizing opportunist played on the fears and frustrations of Germans. Of his rise to power and orchestration of genocide, some will say later that they never saw it coming. Not until it was too late.
As we've been pondering the water crisis here in Flint, I and others have been regularly making the point that this didn't start with water. Some say it started with emergency management; we could make a case, though, for tracing it back way before EM laws, perhaps to the mean-spirited welfare "reforms" of the 1990s, to the abandonment of the common good which was a hallmark of the Reagan years; or maybe to Nixon's Southern strategy; perhaps further back, to a backlash from Brown v Board of Education; or to the Civil War or … Whenever it began its Vesuvius eruption, I wonder if it didn't gain steam from the denial or false hope or false certainty of the masses, the most of us, that the worst would never happen.
Vesuvius was an actual natural disaster. Water and holocaust, not so much. But I wonder the degree to which false hope or false certainty keep us in denial, make us complicit.
This week, a video is circulating of a campaign rally in Louisville, a rally for Donald Trump. Trump has consistently played on the racism and xenophobic fears of white American voters. He pretends ignorance, but he has called for violence against protesters, against innocent civilians in the terror wars, against people who disagree with him. So, in Louisville this week, among hundreds of white supporters, including some avowed white supremacists, the video shows a black woman, a student, silently protesting. And in the protest, in the video, she is pushed and hit and spit on by white people attending the rally. She is treated violently by followers of this narcissistic demagogue, Trump.
Every indication is that Trump will win the nomination of his party. Even seasoned political leaders, from whom we had expected a barely more modulated political voice, have indicated they will encourage support for him if he is their party's choice. And when the worst happens, they and the voters who elevated him will pretend they never saw it coming. Trump is not an aberration; he is simply claiming the mantle of a party that has made hatred and fear its political raison d'etre.
Part of Hitler's strategy for birthing his Aryan nation was to co-opt the church. An organization of "German Christians" was established to infiltrate the mainstream churches. Which they did. There was an understanding that they would ignore Hitler and he would allow them to go about their business unhindered by the state. Once the German Christian mindset and authority was established, only then did Hitler begin to impose his Aryan principles on the churches, expelling and imprisoning those who didn't conform.
Some resisted. The "Confessing Church" was the movement of Bonhoeffer, Niemoller and others who began to see through Hitler's dictates, to perceive the evil in his agenda. The Confessing Church was considered an enemy of the state; its members were wiretapped and persecuted, some imprisoned in the camps. Pastor Bonhoeffer was sort of tried, and eventually executed.
Last night, I spoke about water and other stuff at one of our partner churches in East Lansing, Edgewood. There were a couple of teens in the small audience, and one asked what she could do. I said I believe it is important for people to know stuff. Read, I said, and know everything you can. Consider majoring in public policy. But mostly, mostly, don't be quiet while people are blowing up your Facebook page with lies and propaganda. Knowing stuff helps us respond, helps us call out the lies, helps us not become duped by false claims – whether they are intentional or simply born of ignorance. Know stuff.
I believe people of faith have an obligation to call the hateful rhetoric exactly that. We are followers of Jesus, a man who knew what was at stake, and who put everything he had on the line for the sake of truth.
Trump, water, Hitler, emergency management. You may say I'm overreacting. Being dramatic. Letting my inner "conspiracy theorist" have too much airtime, using the church for political purposes.
Say what you want. But if the worst comes to pass, let's not pretend we had no frame of reference; when we find ourselves suffocated in a blanket of concrete that began as just a little bit of wispy smoke in the distance, let's not say we never saw it coming.
James Robertson is a lucky man. He caught the attention of a Detroit reporter, who told his story of long commute, low wages, high cost of vehicle ownership and poor public transportation. His story then caught the attention of a 19-year-old college student with a penchant for social media (and a couple of others who haven't been quite as featured in follow-up stories). The story went viral in a feel-good fund-raising kind of way, and as of today James Robertson's cause has raised more than $250,000 from kind people across the country.
But you can tell I'm about to not like this story.
You're right, and for a lot of reasons.
First, the story seems to suggest that Mr. Robertson's challenge is unusual. It is not. Millions of people across the country work for low wages, cannot afford cars/maintenance/insurance and live where public transportation is the first thing to get cut when some fiscal conservative decides to tackle public debt, or some political candidate wants to run on a platform of "fiscal responsibility." Mr. Robertson is certainly to be admired for his persistence in caring about attendance and getting to his job every day, but he isn't the only one. In Flint, 20 percent of households don't have a car; and public buses that don't run nights or holidays just aren't really that helpful. (Additionally, the cost of insuring a car in this city is doubled if you rent instead of own your home.) Americans put insurmountable barriers in front of those we charitably call "the working poor," and then condescendingly express our collective glee when they overcome them.
Second, we love being "good Samaritans," but generally find it distasteful to be good citizens. In America, according to the White House website, Americans contribute about $178 per taxpayer per year (based on a $50,000 income) to all the forms of social support we call "welfare." Though the amount is comparatively small ("national defense" spending is $440), we continue to complain about those who need this assistance and we tend to vote for those who promise to get tough on "those people." The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, (SNAP), also called "food stamps," in particular takes a regular public beating, though, even combined with school nutrition and WIC, it consumes just $69 of that $178 welfare allowance. About 19 cents a day. If we were good neighbors, we would rebel against the stigma and insist that we double or triple that amount, so kids can be fed and workers can be healthy and families can have what they need. Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society, said someone famous. Why are we so opposed to that?
Third, the 19-year-old student who set up the funding told the newspaper that he thought a board should be set up to help Mr. Robertson manage the money – at the time barely $50K. Because a 19-year-old college student knows better than a grown man? Because Robertson is poor and can't be trusted to manage a more than one paycheck at a time? Because the student is white and Robertson is black?
There's more. The student has become the hero, subject of lots of comments about what a credit he is and how well his parents did in raising him. Car dealers and others have called with offers of cars or services, perhaps hoping to share the "hero" limelight. (Note to dealers: someone right outside your dealership has a similar need and could use one of those cars, but you may not get your name in the news for helping.) Reporters and commenters have called Robertson "deserving," as if he somehow stands above the millions of other low-wage workers who show up every day, despite whatever else in their lives is held together by prayer and duct tape. Robertson's boss has praised him, calling him the standard by which he judges the attendance of the rest of the crew. (Praise would sound more sincere if it came with an offer of a ride, FYI.) Robertson commented that he loves his job, that his co-workers are his family. Who treats family that way?
Finally, a reporter commented that Robertson seems to like his routine. Really? Being away from home 20 hours a day, sleeping two hours a night, and trying to catch up on the weekends? Really?
This is why I rail about systemic change. James Robertson put a face on a problem, but we prefer to respond to the face rather than the problem. Weekend backpacks of food for kids; 4 free gallons of water each to resident with proof of residency; Wells Fargo claiming righteousness-by-association because someone with a Wells Fargo debit card bought groceries for a shelter; "angel tree" Christmas packages for families; anything we can do with the minister's discretionary fund, a desire to meet — and be photographed with — the people we help. It all pales in comparison to the biblical mandate that we create a world that works for all the people, that, in addition to loving kindness, we do justice and walk humbly with God.
So, while I'm glad Mr. Robertson is getting relief from his distress, I'd like to know that 112 million other Americans will be likewise relieved.


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USF student fires back at robbers
November 1, 2007 12:00 am by Dan Catlin
USF student Ian Wilbert, groggy from sleep, answered his door Sunday at Campus Lodge to find two strange men asking about a person he didn't know.
Moments later, he was being robbed at gunpoint.
After taking cash and a Playstation, his assailants left him face down on the floor of his apartment.
He wasn't willing to leave it at that.
In a series of events that could have been pulled from a movie, Wilbert grabbed a rifle from beside his bed, charged after the robbers in his bathrobe and was nicked in the neck by a bullet during a brief exchange of fire with his assailants.
"It was surreal," Wilbert said. "I thought, 'Is this a movie?'"
Three men have been arrested in connection with the robbery, and Wilbert, an international studies major who said he is taking a semester off, was released from the Tampa General Hospital the night of the shooting. He was back at work soon after.
At 3:40 p.m. Sunday, a ringing doorbell roused Wilbert, sleeping after a night
working the graveyard shift at a bar. Two black men were outside, asking if Jamal was home.
"I guess it was some random person they made up," Wilbert said. "I thought maybe they were looking for my neighbor across the hallway there."
Then another man came around the corner and put a gun in Wilbert's face. He pushed him into the apartment, demanding money.
"He asked me where the money was at," Wilbert said. "It took a second to sink in, 'I'm getting robbed here.'"
He said he was chilled that the men were reckless enough to rob him without masks: perhaps they didn't fear being identified because they would kill him.
The other two men followed the gunman and victim, wearing a bathrobe, into the apartment and shut the door.
While the gunman steered Wilbert through the apartment with a gun to his back, the other two men looked for valuables, taking an undisclosed amount of cash and a Playstation 2, according to police reports.
Once they were in his room, the gunman asked Wilbert if he had any guns, but he denied, saying Campus Lodge prohibits the possession of firearms. The gunman wasn't aware of the .308 rifle Wilbert kept in a canvas bag near his bed.
Wilbert noted a change in the gunman's demeanor as the situation progressed.
"His tone of voice at first was very aggressive, he cooled off a little bit later, as the robbery went on," Wilbert said.
Wilbert told the man about money he made working at Guavaween the night before, and to his surprise, the gunman admitted he went there and partied.
They made small talk, and at one point, the gunman offered to sell Wilbert some mushrooms later.
"It was so weird, like something out of British comedy," Wilbert said. "Really quirky sort of situation there."
In that split second
While one of the other men was searching Wilbert's room, the gunman fixed his attention on his weapon, which was apparently giving him trouble.
Standing in the doorway with him, Wilbert noticed a large knife of his lying on his desk, partially obscured by papers.
"In that split second, I was thinking, well, 'I could grab the knife and maybe stab him right now,'" Wilbert said. He refrained because, though he knew the second man in his room was unarmed, he wasn't sure about the other.
When they were satisfied with what they had, they prepared to leave, bringing Wilbert along with them.
They made him lie face down on his living room floor and sprayed his face with pepper spray. Wilbert said the spray didn't fully reach his eyes, and so he faked the pain until they left.
It was just shock
When they were gone, Wilbert rushed to his bedroom to get his rifle.
"I was trying to get three rounds in (the gun), one for each guy, and my hands were just shaking too bad," Wilbert said. "So I was only able to get two. And I didn't want to take the risk of them getting away."
He ran outside and saw the men getting into a red 2008 Chevy Impala. Wilbert chased after them, and two of the men – the gunman and another – ran away in alarm, seeing Wilbert's rifle. The driver, who was unarmed, was left behind, and his friends had disappeared.
Wilbert repeatedly shouted at the driver to get out of the car. With the rifle aimed at the man's back, Wilbert began walking him toward the apartment building.
Wilbert didn't notice that the other men had come out of hiding behind him, but heard gunfire. The bullet, he said, passed through the back of his robe and grazed his neck.
"I felt stunned for a second, it didn't really hurt," Wilbert said. "It was just shock, I guess."
While Wilbert stood there, coming to grips with what had happened, the driver escaped. All three men apparently met at the Impala and drove away.
Wilbert followed the vehicle on foot, and near an intersection by the front entrance to the complex, he leveled his weapon on the Impala and fired. But some of the pepper spray still clinging to his face was irritating his eyes, he said, so the shot went wide.
A Sheriff's deputy, who happened to be on patrol at the moment, saw him fire the gun, Wilbert said. When the car rolled up he laid his rifle on the ground, and frantically pointed at the Impala, saying that the men had robbed and shot him, Wilbert said.
Ordering Wilbert to sit on a nearby curb, the deputy pursued the suspects. They later abandoned their vehicle and fled into the neighborhood, according to police documents.
Cedric Stephens, 20, of 1216 Beacon Hill Drive, Tampa, and Derrick Grady, 19, of 2017 17th Ave., Tampa, were both arrested Monday, Oct. 30 on several counts of armed home invasion. Both were booked on attempted murder.
Both are being held with no bond at Orient Road Jail.
The third suspect, identified as Ronnie Bolden, 18, of 4204 Sewaha St., Tampa was arrested Tuesday.
Police have linked the three to two other home invasions, one the same morning as the incident at Campus Lodge, and another two days earlier.
Wilbert said he wasn't afraid living in the same apartment, and rejected requests by his father to move in with family out of state.
"Maybe changing apartments would be smart," Wilbert said. "It just feels like I'm running away, and it's just not something I do."
Dan Catlin can be reached at (813) 974-6299 or oraclecatlin@gmail.com.


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Private Schools for Me But Not for Thee
From Andrew Coulson at Cato:
After telling a gathering of the American Federation of Teachers that he opposes school voucher programs over the weekend, Senator Obama added that: "We need to focus on fixing and improving our public schools; not throwing our hands up and walking away from them."
Senator Obama sends his own two daughters to the private "Lab School" founded by John Dewey in 1896, which charged $20,000 in tuition at
the middle school level last year. Though he says "we" should not be
"throwing up our hands and walking away" from public schools, he has
done precisely that.
That is his right, and, as a wealthy man, it is his prerogative
under the current system of American education, which allows only the
wealthy to easily choose between private and government schools. But
instead of offering to extend that same choice to all families, Senator
Obama wants the poor to wait for the public school system to be "fixed."
Tags: Andrew Coulson, John Dewey, Lab School, Private Schools, Senator Obama
Doug:
The ruling elite always insist that government-mandated programs are good for you, but bad for them. Privatizing Social Security is another example. You and I can't invest our SS money privately, but every government entity, be it fed, state, or local, ALWAYS opts out of Social Security in favor of a government run pension system, which gets great returns on its investments, because it can invest in the markets. But it'll be the end of the world if you or I should ever do something similar.
Let the Second American Revolution begin!
Matthew:
If I remember correctly (which I probably don't), this exact situation is what coined the term 'limousine liberal' in the late 60s or early 70s.
I think the situation was the Kennedys' exhortation to the rioting Boston masses that bussing kids between public school districts was 'good for all'. Then they hopped back in their limousine to go pick up their kids at Eton and/or Choate.
More lovely info: Because Michelle Obama works for the University of Chicago Hospitals, the Obama's get an extremely generous discount on tuition to the Lab School. My boyfriend went there for most of his primary and secondary schooling (except for when the family didn't live in Chicago) and this is a very, very elite school. In fact, a large through shrinking percentage of students benefit from such a discount, as historically the school has been filled with the children of UofC professors. The bf tells me that more outsiders started showing up when he was in high school and they were very much looked down upon as merely wealthy upstarts.
And of course, my friend basically had the exact same answer as Obama: Of course he sends his kids to the Lab School, since Chicago Public Schools are terrible and he can afford it. But we shouldn't help other kids do the same, instead we should fix the public schools. Needless to say, this is a topic best avoided for the health of our relationship. As a child, I literally begged my parents to send me to a place like this, but it was impossible. I hope to never send my children to awful public schools, meanwhile my boyfriend thinks it's best they be "socialized"! Double standards and hypocrisy can be amazing.
ErikTheRed:
I thought the apt phrase was "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." My wife grew up in the USSR, where such thinking applied to literally all aspects of life. Schools, jobs, apartments (detached homes were unheard of, unless you were a farmer or had a dacha), clothes, appliances, food, hard currency, ...
There will always be an elite among us. The only question we can ask is whether the elite are appointed by their capitalistic skills, or by politicians sticking a gun to our heads.
@Nicole.... umm... time for a new boyfriend? ;-)
When Tony Blair was Leader of the
Labour Party, he didn't dare use a private school for his children. So he used a state school that was as untypical as possible and then hired tutors from a private school to coach his children in the evening.
which allows only the wealthy to easily choose between private and government schools
Probably true for Lab School. Probably false for most private schools.
Question: What is the purpose of the public education system?
Put another way: What if it was suggested that we do away with public education altogether. No taxes to support it, private only. Good or bad?
Esox Lucius:
AARGH, Again with the "no taxes to support public schools" thing...
What is your point?
We have chosen to pay for schooling up until the last day of high school as a society. Why can't that be good enough? All anyone is suggesting is that we have a choice on where to send our kids. An unlimited choice.
bobby b:
"Good or bad?"
Baaaaad.
The old saw that helping the poor actually serves the interests of the middle and upper classes because it helps to prevent armed revolution is just a theoretical concept in our present society, where the differences between the classes actually aren't all that great.
But if we back off of the idea that all kids, at least, get handed a starting chance at the Dream - i.e., a roughly equal basic education that allows them to succeed (IF THEY CHOOSE TO USE IT) - we'll soon have a huge divide, and an insurmountable one. ("Grandpa never bought no schoolin' for me, and I'm doing fine scraping this gum off the street and selling it, and now you want someone to buy YOU schoolin'? What, you wanna be one of them damn useless Richies? Shet yer mouth and git that piece o' Juicy Fruit off'n that dog there!")
My point is that we, all of we – not just parents of school aged children – are paying for a MINIMUM level of education for everyone. We want a free system that prevents wide spread uneducated masses. By doing so, we reduce widespread abject poverty. This is what we are agreeing to be taxed on. And by we, I mean those with kids, those without, those with kids beyond high school. We are NOT paying for the education of OUR specific child.
Why can't that be good enough?
Umm, it is. It's not me that is saying the system isn't good enough. It seems to be the pro-voucher side who is saying the current system is not good enough.
All anyone is suggesting is that we have a choice on where to send our kids.
You do. You do have a choice. You can send you child to any private school you can afford. And so can I, and my neighbor and my sister and so on. No one is saying you don't have a choice.
An unlimited choice.
Really? Interesting. I also would like unlimited choice as to which house I live in. However, sadly, I am limited by how much I can afford.
Net/net, if you want "free market" in the education space, then make it really free market, no taxing at all. Only private.
Can you explain how totally private is a bad thing within the context of supporting vouchers?
bobby - b:
"No one is saying you don't have a choice."
No, we're saying we have a lousy choice. If we want to use the pooled money from the common pocket, we have to use these specific union teachers, and these specific au courant teaching theories, and we have to sit our kids down in front of a certain rather non-ideologically-diverse group of self-selected trainers for hours every day and not complain when little Bluto comes home and says "Republicans killed more poor people today, Dad."
It's not a binary set. Why can't we use the system, but also have a system that makes us happy as well as you? This "you don't like the system that most closely serves MY ideology? Then go pay for your own, while I use your money to buy my stuff" argument is a "vendre un canard à moitié."
Pino misses the points again on vouchers.
We pay taxes and those people with kids have the public benefit of a school system, for the reasons Pino stated above.
However, what Pino doesn't understand is that there are many who do not like the system and have no other choice because they cannot afford the alternative.
Unlike your home which is not publicly funded, the government school system is funded. If you want to draw an analogy to housing, then imagine everyone living in a square box. There will be those who say, why can't I take the same amount of money being spent on the square box and get something that suits my needs/wants better? The gov't will still be paying for housing, but now the same money serves the public better. While the square box is the lowest common denominator for housing, there are many variations which can only be met by individual decision making.
So, the purpose of the school voucher is to open up the monopoly on education and force schools to compete for the education dollars. At that point, all parents will be able to send their kids to a school of their choice using the same public funds.
I don't see any downfalls, in the worst case, all kids remain in the same schools with the same standards. At best, both parents and schools are competing to be in the best possible case.
No, we're saying we have a lousy choice.
That may be the case, but then it seems we are having a separate conversation; Improvement vs. Abandonment.
system that most closely serves MY ideology?
Clearly this current disagreement occurs because we each hold to our own ideology, me mine and you yours. We are both equally vested.
Then go pay for your own, while I use your money to buy my stuff
That's the duck! The money that we are talking about is the money that we, as a society, have decided will be used to fund a free public school system guaranteeing all kids, regardless of income or status, a basic education. Independent of our own individual status as people with children, we have agreed that society Ought pay for basic education for everybody. The idea of a voucher is exactly opposite of what you claim. It is the folks taking the voucher that are "using" the money so that you can "buy your stuff" (money that you would have otherwise spent on private education).
Rob misses the point on Pino :-)
there are many who do not like the system and have no other choice because they cannot afford the alternative.
I would be interested to see the demographics of those who can not afford the alternative. For example, I don't think that I can afford private education, yet, in my home, I have more color TVs and more bedrooms than people.
the purpose of the school voucher is to open up the monopoly on education and force schools to compete for the education dollars.
This is the strongest case for the vouchers. Forcing public schools into competition. Although I do think that "monopoly" is incorrectly applied.
in the worst case, all kids remain in the same schools with the same standards.
The worst case is that the parents who care about education will flee leaving the "at risk" children behind.
At best, both parents and schools are competing to be in the best possible case.
I agree with the best case; I don't agree that it is likely.
Phil:
Coyote, you might want to think twice before supporting vouchers. The following information was taken from this site. Here are the empirical results of the voucher program in Milwaulkee in the '90s:
1. While the program created 1,450 slots for low income students during the 1994-1995 school year, only 830 students participated in the program.
2. Of all the students that switched to private schools, 40% of them did not return the next year .
3. One of participating private school closed during the course of the program, and several others bilked the city out of thousands of voucher dollars by over-reporting the number of voucher students they enrolled.
4. And, most importantly, scores for voucher students did not improve.
5. A good deal of the "choice" under voucher systems is the school's, not the parent's. Under a voucher system no parent is assured of getting into the school they desire. On the contrary, poor students are likely to be excluded from schools in which they desire to enroll. The effect of vouchers, in other words, is to force some parents to pay for the educations of children at school at which they have no hope of enrolling. Indeed, in the Milwaukee experiment, the best non-sectarian schools chose not to participate in the program; low-income students simply did not interest them.
If you know anything about the government, you know exactly how it would deal with these problems. If good schools refused students, the government would make voucher participation mandatory. Since the government would likely put a cap on the amount it would pay (probably ~$5k-$7k/yr), it would mandate that the school furnish everything a student needs (tuition, books, meal plan, etc.) for $5k. This would force schools to either lower their rates by cutting their services or jack up the rates for everyone the government has designated "able to pay." Is this system starting to sound like the healthcare system to you? No, if we are going to be a country that allows everyone who wants a basic education to get one, then public schools are probably the best way to accomplish this goal.
brotio:
"The worst case is that the parents who care about education will flee leaving the "at risk" children behind." - Pino
That's about the best excuse for vouchers anyone has come up with... Public schools are so bad that only parents who don't give a damn would keep their children in them.
The problem with the debate is that the public is missing the understanding of "public" education. The real concept of public education should be "PUBLICLY FINANCED EDUCATION". Instead, our concept of public education is public RUN education.
The other aspect of "vouchers" that is completely ignored by opponents is that such a program INCREASES the amount of money per child in the "public" school system. That is, there is not one proposed voucher program that grants an amount of educational voucher equal to the spending per pupil. The difference is left in the government run school. THis means that on a per pupil basis the government school has even more money. Such machinations should allow the government schools the flexible funding to reduce class sizes and other programs they think are required. OF course, the government school monopoly probably cannot figure out how to do such things.
The one exception I can think of to the politicians sending their kids to private schools rule is Jimmy Carter. I believe Amy Carter went to public school in D.C. when her father was president.
I grew up in Chicago and still live in the area. Lab is one of the "big three" private schools in the city, along with Latin and Parker (I was a Parker kid, and we used to play baseball against Lab).
Mayor Daley, by the way, has never sent his kids to the Chicago Public schools. They went to Catholic schools all the way through.
I chose to move to the North Shore (the well-to-do suburbs on Lake Michigan north of Chicago) in part to avoid the expense of private schools in the city. We do pay ridiculous amounts of property tax (around $10,000 a year for a normal-sized house), but we do get great schools. I consider it a good investment.
I checked out your anti-voucher website. It looks about as impartial as the KKK would be while discussing blacks, Jews and Catholics. I have a Cousin that earned his dues teaching in Milwaukee Public Schools. The city gave the "voucher experiment" to the worst of the worst schools. Basically the schools that the Board of Ed gave up and surrendered on. Not a very good sample population if you ask me. Even then, if only a handful of students were saved from that hell hole, that's a handful that didn't have to grit out an "education" that was basically a warehouse for kids and little more (except, you-know, the violence and drugs).
Dan, I think the only reason Amy Carter attended DC public schools is because the Carters did not want to be labeled "White Southern Racists."
Esox Lucius, the site promotes the separation of church and state; this idea should be important to all libertarians. Since many private schools are religious, school vouchers would involve government funding of religious institutions, which does raise some constitutional questions. It may be biased, but it has an important reason for its bias. If Milwaulkee gave the vouchers to students from the 'worst of the worst' schools, then that is the best possible test case. The worst schools are usually attended by poor kids, whose parents definitely do not have the money for private schooling. Since these were the kids that the schools accepted, the progress should have been enormous. Instead, the result was low retention and stagnant test scores. This means that improving education will be a bit more challenging than merely outsourcing it to private schools.
Methinks:
school vouchers would involve government funding of religious institutions, which does raise some constitutional questions.
No, it wouldn't. The courts were pretty clear about that. Separation of church and state does not mean that public funds can't be used for a religious institution to provide lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic.
Also, Phil, using a single study is not exactly proof of success or failure. Furthermore, once you have corralled kids into the worst of the worst schools, you can hardly expect the students to suddenly gain the discipline and skills necessary to raise their test scores in a single year. You also forget to mention the all out, no holds barred campaign the teachers union launched against the experiment. Lastly, that site is incredibly suspect. Who runs it? Why are none of the successful tests of vouchers listed and explored? You can't possibly present this site as evidence with a straight face.
My point is that we, all of we – not just parents of school aged children – are paying for a MINIMUM level of education for everyone.
I used to attempt to teach math at a public school (one of the good ones, no less). Let me assure you that while we are PAYING for kids to get a minimum education, the aren't getting one.
There's a big difference between publicly funding primary education and allowing the state to actually run the schools. What we need to do is give the parents the cost of educating their child in the form of a voucher and allow them to choose which school to send their kids to. All schools will be privately run. The schools will have to compete for the education dollars by meeting the parents' and students' demands. Let me assure you that even the least educated and most disinterested ghetto mama gets very interested and on the ball when you give her a choice.
Admission to the charter school in East Harlem is done on a lottery basis (so great is the demand). The auditorium is filled to the brim with ghetto mamas who were often teenage parents and high school drop outs themselves. If their child gets in, they act like they've just seen Jesus. If their child doesn't, they are inconsolable. They want better for their kids, but if they don't get into the charter school, their kids are stuck in the ghetto public school. What right does Barack Obama have to force such a fate on these mothers' children while he pays lip service to fixing the unfixable?
It's one thing to tax me to educate other people's children (I don't have any). It's quite another to tax me to finance the board of Education and the teachers' union and leave the kids unlucky enough not to be chosen in the lottery in the retardation holding pens passing for public schools.
Separation of Church and State: first off, the parent decides what school the kid goes to so there is no separation issue, the government isn't picking the religion for the child.
Second, Do you also have an issue with a college student on the GI bill which is basically a voucher, going not only to a Catholic College but also getting a doctorate in theology and becoming a priest on the government's dime? Which, I might add is perfectly fine.
Third, If a religion sold a product OTHER than education, say the sold cheese burgers, would it be against the separation of church and state for the government through their many purchasing bodies to buy it because it was from a religious institution? I think you have lost sight of the fact that education is product, just like cheese burgers are.
Global Warming:
Of course, some schools offer more cheese, and others less burger . . .
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Everytime that I see or HEAR! one of those KENNEDY boys ( not men, but TRUSTFUNDS BABY!) rant & shout about the EVIL OIL & GAS BUSINESS, or some bullshit comments about how the CORPORATE WORLD is destorying the mother earth spaceship called EARTH, I just shake my head.
I have done alot of Oil & Gas industry LANDWORK in the county that I live in.
Joe Kennedy - father, dad, grandfather, great-grandfather, ect. , who by the way got his start in BUSINESS by way of a illegal business ( Al Capone ect.) started a LITTLE oil & gas business in this county in 1959. Gusess what? They made millions, million, $1,000,0000 x 100 in 1960 $(United States Dollars). When Mr. Senator Kennedy (ROYALTY, KING, DICTATOR, ECT. ) gets on TV (often) and saids I DO NOT WANT A (1) WIND FARM OFFSHORE BECAUES? (who knows?) Rich Bastards are hard but not impossible to deal with, I said , I HOPE YOU & YOUR FAMILY FREEZES YOUR ASS OFF DURNING THE NEXT GLOBAL WARMING CURRENT CRISIS (AL GORE) WINTER . I HOPE IT HIT SOON.(COMMING WINTER SEASON) SOUTH TEXAS WILL BURN MESQUITE TREES TO KEEP WARM!


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Changes in intraocular pressure and horizontal pupil diameter during use of topical mydriatics in the canine eye
Liga Kovalcuka(1,*), Agris Ilgazs(1), Dace Bandere(2) and David L. Williams(3)
1 Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Institute, K. Helmaņa iela 8, Jelgava, LV-3004, Latvia
2 Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dzirciema iela 16, Rīga, LV-1007, Latvia
3 University of Cambridge, Department of Veterinary medicine, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Atropine sulphate, Horizontal pupil diameter, Intraocular pressure, Phenylephrine, Tropicamide.
Kovalcuka, L., Ilgazs, A., Bandere, D. and Williams, D.L. 2017. Changes in intraocular pressure and horizontal pupil diameter during use of topical mydriatics in the canine eye. Open Vet. J. 7(1), 16-22.


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