The man was explaining why he did not mind paying taxes. He knew that taxes were the way we invest in our future. We build new roads for future growth. We build better airports. We expand mental health programs to make our future better. He closed his comments by saying that he believed in paying his taxes and investing in education because he just did not want to live in a community of ignorant and uneducated people.
The evidence seems to me to suggest that we need more taxes and more investment in education. The evidence just seems to point out that we have, regardless of public, private, home school, or whatever, a growing problem with education.
a. The refusal on the part of so many people to accept the work of science and the conclusions of the vast majority of science that there is a problem with global warming and human activities have a part to play in that warming. Almost 200 countries gathered and agreed that there is a problem and they want to fix it, and we have political leaders and followers who want to refuse to fund our country's part in the solution.
b. The second evidence for me is the incredible number of people who think the Donal Trump, Ted Cruz, or Ben Carson are equipped and qualified to be President of our country. When other countries are already passing resolutions to refuse to admit Mr.Trump to their country how will he be able to conduct foreign affairs? How do you make another country pay for a wall?
c. But the greatest evidence for the failure of our educational efforts appeared recently when a huge number of people became upset when American Pharaoh did not win Sports Illustrated "Sportsperson of the Year." Somewhere, somehow, the failure to educate our people to understand the basics of "person" is disturbing. The award is given to a person, not a horse. It is not fun to live in a country or community with uneducated people. We need to invest more into public education
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