Saving Social Security by privitization on the back end rather than the front?

[DragonMasterAlex]

Originally posted by: Jhhnn
Do you actually read entire posts, DMA, or just skim to the parts that piss you off the most?

Do you contend that all of the unemployed are so simply because they choose to be, rather than take a lesser job? That the figures from the govt about job loss are just made up, that there are *plenty* of jobs to go around? Or that as a free-market kind of guy that you can ignore the results of supply and demand when it suits your ideology concerning wages vs job availability?

I pointed out the difficulties of continuing education in remote rural locations. People in rural parts of the country have schools, too, and teachers who live there- How do you get that additional accreditation when the nearest source is 100 miles away and you're a single parent? I'll contend that teaching is more of a talent than a learnable skill, anyway... credentials are often misleading in terms of the ability to actually do a job that demands talent...

"I can't *believe* what a liar you are!" & etc., ad nauseum....

Ad homs, gotta love 'em. Take a look at your own position and reactions, try to realize that you've boxed yourself in, taken an untenable position, and are suffering from an emotional response to the situation. Back off, reconsider, or reveal yourself as a blindspot ideologue and an intellectual lightweight.

I'm trying to be nice, DMA- you're clearly a person who has a lot of issues beyond the discussions at hand, and pushing your buttons is child's play. You need to get past that if you expect to be considered a serious thinker in this or any of life's other venues...

Oh, please Jhnnn, the only one who's boxed themselves into anything here is YOU with your fraudulent claims that life is just too damned impossible and that we shouldn't place high standards on people. If your friend wants to continue to be a teacher then she'd better do what it takes or make room for those who will. I'm sure you've got some validity that being a good educator takes more than a credential; it surely requires a certain passion for education and a devotion to do it *well* that a degree alone cannot grant. But a teacher with passion but inadequate education is just as bad. We need teachers who are both *passionate* about their cause and *educated* enough to do it well.

It may indeed be that it takes more work for someone in the middle of nowhere to get themselves educationaly up-to-snuff in order to compete--GOOD! Maybe they will be better teachers as a result instead of whining "It's too hard!" The notion of keeping standards for educators low is LUDICROUS. You can see already what good that policy has gotten us as we turn out a generation of TURNIPS from the public school system.

And as for those without jobs, YES, I will contend that ALL those without jobs who are CAPABLE of either a) performing a job or b) learning a new skill so that they can perform a job are out of work because THEY DON'T PUT ENOUGH EFFORT INTO THEMSELVES.

We've all been out of work at some point, and we've all had to find new work. It's not always easy, but it's ALWAYS possible to find a way.

Jason