Reply #15: What does "economic decline" really mean? [View All]

[Tansy_Gold]

Is it just a GDP term, or is it somehow translated into the betterment of life for more people?

It's possible, one assumes, to have a high GDP as well as a high poverty level, if all the wealth is concentrated in a few hands.

I just love it when people talk about the "sacrifices" their parents went through to give their kids a "quality" private education. I guess they think my parents didn't love me enough since they didn't give up food and housing and just took the easy route of leaving us in those crappy public schools.

I'd like to see a comparison of how much money is spent per pupil in some of the poorer public schools as opposed to the schools in affluent districts and how that money is actually spent. Metal detectors at the door, or new school books? Are the computers donated by the local business or purchased used with tax monies?

I have reached the point of hating libertarians almost as much as I hate pukes.