Ray From Cleveland
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I've honestly never seen somebody admit that...even some of the least educated or most ignorant people I meet acknowledge that education is key. I honestly have no clue where this guy is even from at this point. He cannot be a natural American citizen...nobody actually raised here has that world view.People like Ray don't think health is a vital national interest. They think a sick, uneducated population is no better for the nation than a healthy, educated one.
It's amazing.
I mean seriously I'm astounded. Our country is known as being one of the most technologically advanced and innovative nations in the world. Look at the companies we have spawned...Tesla, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. These are all tech companies that THE WORLD USES that requires a basic education to do anything in. It is like this guy wants us to go back to farming our own crops or manufacturing machinery or somecrap that 2nd or 3rd world nations do.
Obviously your comprehension skills are lacking.
Education is important, but not a VITAL national interest. Protection of the country is a vital national interest. Advanced education is an investment, and an investment means to spend money in order to get much more back.
Therefore, the public should not be funding investments of any sort.
Why then does the military have education standards for enlistment if it's not vital?
Why does the military have academies to train officers, if any idiot can be an officer?
Who said any idiot can be an officer. If the military needs to train people, then so be it. It's part of the protection of this country--a vital national interest.
You said it. You dismissed education as a vital national interest.
Correct, education is not a vital national interest--our military is. And in the military, you need training to perform your duties. It's specific, not general.
What we were talking about is free college and the public paying for it.