I overhead two teachers talking in the staff lounge. They were lambasting the cuts to education and the politicians responsible for those cuts. Then they got on the topic of subsidies -- for oil companies and farms. Both acknowledged the loss of family farms. One teacher talked about the food safety issue (industrial farming and the increased chance for contamination). The other one, surprisingly, said that companies should not be subsidized for failing to keep up (she mentioned organic farms, I don't know why). They should be allowed to go out of business.
Maybe subsidies as a form of protectionism are not way to go (especially if they are not helping small owners), but allowing those that cannot compete in the market to fail, when competition favors the big and the powerful, is wrong in principle.
What would public school teachers in the US make of Rob Hopkins's recommendations?
Is it the case that everyone wants to hang on to the polity as they know it and the American way of life? What percentage is incapable of self-rule? (My guess: at least 50%)
Does the CTA have too much power? What about the local unions/affiliates?
Viewpoints: CTA protest conflicts with students' interests
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