Muda69

Yes, the "tax the rich" solution all your socialists champion. Here's a little tidbit for your Dante; that won't work. There isn't enough of the "rich" out there, taxed into oblivion, to cover all the debts our government holds. And now the ponzi scheme that is social security comes to light. You do realize the FICA taxes you currently pay doesn't go into some government held account that you then have access to when you reach a certain age? No, that confiscated money comes out of your coffer and almost immediately goes into the coffers of current social security recipients. It's a wealth transfer, nothing more.

Considering the city of Frankfort would be the centralized location, probably not. I could possibly see a Central & Prairie consolidation in the future, especially if the Central enrollment continues to atrophy. It would probably take some sort of legal action to force the Rossville community into a consolidation, they like being isolated up there in northwestern Clinton and southwestern Carroll counties.

A consolidation of those three high schools would have a 9-12 enrollment of approx. 920 students. The sweet spot IMHO.

Agreed. One could logically assume most of the athletes have their own personal strength & conditioning coach.

Depends on the size of the school. For example having Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, and no-football program Rossville consolidating could be a win/win.

Canadian Healthcare: A Half Century of Broken Promises https://mises.org/wire/canadian-healthcare-half-century-broken-promises Year after year, “wait times” in Canada tend to increase, not decrease. It seems that politicians and bureaucrats do not embrace the concept of “practice makes perfect,” no matter how much time we give them. Private Healthcare? How Dare You! More than a million Canadians are waiting for the healthcare that the government promised to deliver. And, as we have seen, in 2005, the government, through its supreme court, acknowledged the deadly consequences of its broken promises. The logical solution is to return healthcare to the private sector. However, heartless politicians and bureaucrats ignore this solution, and they cruelly forbid patients on their waiting list from accessing private healthcare options in Canada, thereby condemning many of them to death. Despite the government’s growing incompetence, a more recent court ruling affirmed the government’s position that people must be denied the freedom to pursue private healthcare options in Canada. Last year, the British Columbia Supreme Court “dismissed a court challenge by Dr. Brian Day, former head of the Canadian Medical Association, whose surgical clinic in Vancouver provided medical services to patients failed by the public system, in violation of BC law. Dr. Day argued that the province’s ostensible ban on this type of privately funded healthcare violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While the court ruling acknowledged the plight of thousands of patients on waiting lists, it simultaneously denied them the right to do anything about it.” Shockingly, as Justice John Steeves affirmed the illegality of voluntary exchanges between patients and doctors unimpeded by government conditions, he irreverently declared that this does not violate these individuals’ right to liberty under the Charter. The Charter is part of Canada’s Constitution. Section 7 of the Charter reads: In his ruling, Steeves wrote: “[L]iberty interests under s. 7 are engaged only where the law or state action interferes with a person’s ability to make fundamental personal choices” (para. 1764, emphasis added). That sounds good, but then Steeves wrote: To say that this is a deception seems blatantly obvious. Steeves ignores the fact that “the law or state action” necessarily includes the MPA with its acknowledged constraints. Among other things, these constraints include rules about which medical practitioners may offer their services, which services they may offer, and at what prices they may offer these services. This clearly interferes with people’s (patients and doctors) “ability to make fundamental personal choices.” Yet while this deprivation of liberty is beyond dispute, Steeves denies it. There you have it. Free = Unfree, according to the BC Supreme Court. The courts will continue to support politicians and bureaucrats. The duplicity of these charlatans is painfully clear. For decades, their bureaucracies have feasted on billions of tax dollars while thousands of dead Canadians wait for the healthcare they were promised. They are dead because the government denied them the right to use their own money to save their own lives by purchasing private healthcare from willing providers in the Canadian marketplace. The trail of broken promises will grow longer. The inhumane treatment of Canadian patients will become more widespread, and many more will die. Nothing will change until the masses realize that their health and well-being can be greatly enhanced only through the restoration of their freedoms. Bingo. Yet socialists like Dante still drool over failed health care systems like Canada's.

3 Young Minnesotans Sue the State for Their Right To Bear Arms https://reason.com/2021/06/09/3-young-minnesotans-sue-the-state-for-their-right-to-bear-arms/ Legal and cultural infantilization is right. The right choice is simple: If our society deems that 18 is the youngest age an American citizen can fight or die for his country then that should also be age an American citizen can drink, smoke, or carry a handgun.

No, we wouldn't. You need to study the history of our current government K-12 education system. I recommend this starting point: https://www.amazon.com/Underground-History-American-Education-Investigation/dp/0945700040

Sorry you feel that way DT. A "public" school is a government school, full stop. High school football is a game played by children, full stop. Using flowery, emotion-based adjectives doesn't make those statements any less true.

https://reason.com/2021/07/14/shaky-social-security-trust-fund-may-run-out-in-11-years/ Scary stuff. This is the future we are leaving for our children and grandchildren. Thanks FDR. Thanks Boomers.

Good questions. I'm of the opinion that covid-19 and it's variants are here to stay, just like the good 'ole seasonal flu. And in the future medical science will develop a seasonal vaccine to handle both.

Sure, it may keep the children's game competative.

I also wouldn't call mindlessly approving property tax hike after property tax hike to build football palaces in order to increase my property's value and "net worth" capitalism. More like a socialism shell game.

I choose to live in Frankfort, BTW while making a very good white-collar living (neither "poorly paid" or a "middle manager") and successful career, because my spouse and I frankly came to despise the rat-race, urban sprawl, mentality of the large metropolitan areas in which we used to live. Enjoy the property bubble while you can.

No, Bob, I haven't "pre-determined" my answer. It's an honest question, what funding mechanism is paying for these dedicated strength/conditioning coaches for high school football programs? Also the "gotcha" question "Have you stopped beating your wife" is usually prefaced as being a strict yes/no answer. This is not that, not by a long shot.

Yes DT, by the standards/norms of American society most of them are still defined as children. And IMHO these expense of dedicated strength coaches, turf fields, taj-mahal like stadiums, multiple uniforms, etc. are just extravagances heaped on by adults in a vain attempt to glorify what is really a basic game, a game played by children.

Not a real answer, but ok.

? This is a comedy act to you?

Where does the money come from to pay for such an extravagance in a game played by children?

Racist comment?

Key word in that sentence is "If". What if during my yearly check up my physician discovers no issues? Why should government and insurance companies come between that transaction?

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And now we have this: Give Reggie Bush His Heisman Back: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/ncaa-owes-athletes-reggie-bush-heisman/619361/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2021-07-03T10%3A30%3A57&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Reparations.

I would rather hear it in your words, the government health care expert.

Insect Experts Will Change The Name Of The 'Gypsy Moth' And 'Gypsy Ant': https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014787096/insect-experts-will-change-the-name-of-the-gypsy-moth-and-gypsy-ant