And we have to clearly show the people who think politics are still the way they were that this is the case. Offering a responsible alternative and then seeing them balk at it is one way to do that. Remember, not everyone is as politically literate as the TAFM crowd.
And we have to clearly show the people who think politics are still the way they were that this is the case. Offering a responsible alternative and then seeing them balk at it is one way to do that. Remember, not everyone is as politically literate as the TAFM crowd.
Ummmmm, that actually says a lot. As does the word “process” that you used several times in your essay, TC. As is the lack of process being the negligent factor with people such as MT Greene and Mace and the FL congressman (I am loathe to even say his name) who put defused grenades in with his appreciative letter to his colleagues as he boasts of being assigned to the Armed Services committee.
As an educator of children in public education for decades, an informed teacher knows there is not rounded learning without process. Know a million facts about who, what, and when but remain ignorant without knowing about applying process to discover how and why.
With MTG in my grips for a semester, that is how I would remediate her knowledge base. In addition to a woodshed whuppin’ whenever necessary. Her learning is shallow. That is why her best option is saying stupid things over and over and depending on Daddy T’s misinformation saviors to dull and indoctrinate the MAGA base. I would ingratiate myself and ask forgiveness if she could coherently explain to me how the debt ceiling works and why most Americans do not want their Medicare and Soc Sec f*cked with. And then this question at the top of every lesson with her…..Tell me why cutting Medicaid off at the knees is a racist tactic that hurts every person…pink tan and brown, in poverty. And how does one gain any political survival by acting like one serves the tiniest sliver of the actual population of the American people.
My question remains…..how in the world is the ignorance and low level thinking masked so efficiently by dark money that the people that get elected get on the stage of Congress in this case with a clear idea of what they are told to think and not a clue as to how and why things get done. Job vetting at its worst.
And while the soapbox is handy. This book banning crisis in Florida and in my county especially is more of the same. I asked a school board member anxious for the ban to give me a short sentence explaining why we teach children to read. And feed millions of dollars to corporate for materials (which now are being shelved and covered up until necessary “vetting” that is intended to give the illusion that books are generally “bad”. This board member said…we teach kids to read so they can learn. I responded…and you want to allow them books that will teach them what YOU want them to learn? That’s not why we spend time and resources teaching kids to read. The basic premise of reading is that a child reads to think. And desantis and any autocrat does not want children to think.
Wondering where the tipping point is in all this.
Thank you, TC, for sharing your very learned expertise. Your writing sizzles because of the depth of the how and why currents of your subject.
quite beautifully put. I wonder what her reply was when you told her that she only wanted her kids to learn what she wanted them to learn. of course, that IS what she wants.
something I've taken up with Tom a few times is the fact that for the last several decades (at least), kids haven't been taught to read properly, and many of them not at all.
there's also a cash nexus involved...the preparation of books and other materials to brainwash students into learning precisely what the powers-that-be want them to learn is a huge, thriving business. teaching kids not to think actually takes some serious THOUGHT.
Again, as I said, the fundamental premise of reading is not for children to learn. It’s for them to read or be read to and think about what they’ve read or heard. It’s been made complicated with guided reading, etc.,but, when it all comes down the funnel, it goes back to the basis of why we ALL read. One reads to think.
No, we do not teach them not to think. Powers that be that believe they are in charge of children prevent avenues for them to be independent thinkers. Literacy and reading are the path to thinking.
I believe Jeri meant teaching kids NOT to think is the book banning bunch's purpose - not teachers. And it is - remove any book that might create questions in a child's mind - causing them to believe the current pap that their parents do (the parents who want to ban books).
The reason why I comment is that is a major, repeated criticism of teachers. “Teachers do not teach, they indoctrinate children in FL classrooms”. If one asks, “what do you mean by that?”, you get some kind of response that all teachers are in the Critical Race Theory conspiracy to make their white students feel guilty and ostracized. And why bother question what CRT is? I have yet to hear one credible response. It is appalling. Their answer is to ban books which apparently follows that books are indoctrinating tools for FL teachers.
You and TC are both on a roll today. I like the idea of the Commission, we could even name it after Manchin if the idea works and call it the Manchin Memorial Commission if it doesn't.
I feel old when I remember the "Repeal and Replace" campaign the GOP ran on after ACA was passed and how, when they got into position to implement it, they had nothing to go with. I'll feel better when Biden proposes the Commission, removal of the cap on OASDI tax, and legislation to provide legal residency for the DACA recipients as well as a complete overhaul of the asylum system. I realize that I may just feel old for a long while.
Yes, removal of the cap on the OASDI tax. So many have no idea the cap exists. This needs to be messaged ! I just call it the cap on Social Security.I mention how million/billionaires may only pay it for a week or two while you must pay throughout the year….and ask “ Does that seem fair?”
Exactly. According to the IRS, even with annual adjustments, over 50% of reported income isn't subject to the tax. If the cap was removed and the current benefit structure maintained, an additional $200 billion would accrue to the Trust Fund every year.
I'm aware of FICA as referring to the payroll taxes for SS, Medicare, etc. but don't recall seeing your acronym, OASDI tax, before. I see they are one and the same. And they are taxes on our earned income, withheld with the explicit promise that they will be returned to our benefit when we reach retirement age or meet the criteria for Survivors of payees into SS and for Disability for those who are medically unable to work. A huge swath of Americans fall within one or more category.
Tell me Dave what does OASDI stand for? Same as FICA? I'm afraid unless anyone has either "run" payrolls, or just delved into what it means - theres an awful lot of people with no clue exactly what that "tax" does, or how they benefit from it.
It stands for Old Age Security and Disability Insurance, same as FICA and I don't remember what that is the acronym for.
You're right about the lack of background knowledge, there are too many of us who don't understand what happens to the 20 or 25% that disappears from our paychecks.
At the time I was still doing any payroll - it was .0765% of gross. Whether that has changed? I have no idea. I like THAT acronym much better than FICA & I dont remember either!
When I retired, it was 7.65% of gross from the worker and a matching amount from the employer; I'm not aware of any changes since although there's been a lot of hot air and smoke blown into various places. What I'm suggesting is removing the income cap which for 2022 was $147,000.
I agree - removing the cap would help the social security fund AND be the right thing to do. Its time that was done - no matter how much static we all would hear.
The static from the small percentage (by numbers) of taxpayers who would be impacted is much less than what we'd hear if there was an attempt a la Macron, to raise the minimum age for retirement.
Christine you are my hero. Living in Florida and an educator fighting for the right for children to learn how to think, with a wannabe dictator and a bunch of his brainless followers banning books. It is appalling. As is this story I just came across. Just hope these nurses aren’t taking care of anyone you care about.
And we have to clearly show the people who think politics are still the way they were that this is the case. Offering a responsible alternative and then seeing them balk at it is one way to do that. Remember, not everyone is as politically literate as the TAFM crowd.
Ummmmm, that actually says a lot. As does the word “process” that you used several times in your essay, TC. As is the lack of process being the negligent factor with people such as MT Greene and Mace and the FL congressman (I am loathe to even say his name) who put defused grenades in with his appreciative letter to his colleagues as he boasts of being assigned to the Armed Services committee.
As an educator of children in public education for decades, an informed teacher knows there is not rounded learning without process. Know a million facts about who, what, and when but remain ignorant without knowing about applying process to discover how and why.
With MTG in my grips for a semester, that is how I would remediate her knowledge base. In addition to a woodshed whuppin’ whenever necessary. Her learning is shallow. That is why her best option is saying stupid things over and over and depending on Daddy T’s misinformation saviors to dull and indoctrinate the MAGA base. I would ingratiate myself and ask forgiveness if she could coherently explain to me how the debt ceiling works and why most Americans do not want their Medicare and Soc Sec f*cked with. And then this question at the top of every lesson with her…..Tell me why cutting Medicaid off at the knees is a racist tactic that hurts every person…pink tan and brown, in poverty. And how does one gain any political survival by acting like one serves the tiniest sliver of the actual population of the American people.
My question remains…..how in the world is the ignorance and low level thinking masked so efficiently by dark money that the people that get elected get on the stage of Congress in this case with a clear idea of what they are told to think and not a clue as to how and why things get done. Job vetting at its worst.
And while the soapbox is handy. This book banning crisis in Florida and in my county especially is more of the same. I asked a school board member anxious for the ban to give me a short sentence explaining why we teach children to read. And feed millions of dollars to corporate for materials (which now are being shelved and covered up until necessary “vetting” that is intended to give the illusion that books are generally “bad”. This board member said…we teach kids to read so they can learn. I responded…and you want to allow them books that will teach them what YOU want them to learn? That’s not why we spend time and resources teaching kids to read. The basic premise of reading is that a child reads to think. And desantis and any autocrat does not want children to think.
Wondering where the tipping point is in all this.
Thank you, TC, for sharing your very learned expertise. Your writing sizzles because of the depth of the how and why currents of your subject.
Salud!
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quite beautifully put. I wonder what her reply was when you told her that she only wanted her kids to learn what she wanted them to learn. of course, that IS what she wants.
something I've taken up with Tom a few times is the fact that for the last several decades (at least), kids haven't been taught to read properly, and many of them not at all.
there's also a cash nexus involved...the preparation of books and other materials to brainwash students into learning precisely what the powers-that-be want them to learn is a huge, thriving business. teaching kids not to think actually takes some serious THOUGHT.
Again, as I said, the fundamental premise of reading is not for children to learn. It’s for them to read or be read to and think about what they’ve read or heard. It’s been made complicated with guided reading, etc.,but, when it all comes down the funnel, it goes back to the basis of why we ALL read. One reads to think.
Salud, David.
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Teaching kids not to think…. Exactly
No, we do not teach them not to think. Powers that be that believe they are in charge of children prevent avenues for them to be independent thinkers. Literacy and reading are the path to thinking.
Salud.
🗽
I believe Jeri meant teaching kids NOT to think is the book banning bunch's purpose - not teachers. And it is - remove any book that might create questions in a child's mind - causing them to believe the current pap that their parents do (the parents who want to ban books).
The reason why I comment is that is a major, repeated criticism of teachers. “Teachers do not teach, they indoctrinate children in FL classrooms”. If one asks, “what do you mean by that?”, you get some kind of response that all teachers are in the Critical Race Theory conspiracy to make their white students feel guilty and ostracized. And why bother question what CRT is? I have yet to hear one credible response. It is appalling. Their answer is to ban books which apparently follows that books are indoctrinating tools for FL teachers.
🗽
You and TC are both on a roll today. I like the idea of the Commission, we could even name it after Manchin if the idea works and call it the Manchin Memorial Commission if it doesn't.
I feel old when I remember the "Repeal and Replace" campaign the GOP ran on after ACA was passed and how, when they got into position to implement it, they had nothing to go with. I'll feel better when Biden proposes the Commission, removal of the cap on OASDI tax, and legislation to provide legal residency for the DACA recipients as well as a complete overhaul of the asylum system. I realize that I may just feel old for a long while.
Yes, removal of the cap on the OASDI tax. So many have no idea the cap exists. This needs to be messaged ! I just call it the cap on Social Security.I mention how million/billionaires may only pay it for a week or two while you must pay throughout the year….and ask “ Does that seem fair?”
Exactly. According to the IRS, even with annual adjustments, over 50% of reported income isn't subject to the tax. If the cap was removed and the current benefit structure maintained, an additional $200 billion would accrue to the Trust Fund every year.
I'm aware of FICA as referring to the payroll taxes for SS, Medicare, etc. but don't recall seeing your acronym, OASDI tax, before. I see they are one and the same. And they are taxes on our earned income, withheld with the explicit promise that they will be returned to our benefit when we reach retirement age or meet the criteria for Survivors of payees into SS and for Disability for those who are medically unable to work. A huge swath of Americans fall within one or more category.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/25/what-is-oasdi-federal-tax/11119626002/
A much larger swath than the House Looney Tune Caucus seems to recognize.
Well, if I had just read YOUR comment, Judith - could have saved myself the question to Dave! I always knew it as FICA, too.
Tell me Dave what does OASDI stand for? Same as FICA? I'm afraid unless anyone has either "run" payrolls, or just delved into what it means - theres an awful lot of people with no clue exactly what that "tax" does, or how they benefit from it.
It stands for Old Age Security and Disability Insurance, same as FICA and I don't remember what that is the acronym for.
You're right about the lack of background knowledge, there are too many of us who don't understand what happens to the 20 or 25% that disappears from our paychecks.
At the time I was still doing any payroll - it was .0765% of gross. Whether that has changed? I have no idea. I like THAT acronym much better than FICA & I dont remember either!
When I retired, it was 7.65% of gross from the worker and a matching amount from the employer; I'm not aware of any changes since although there's been a lot of hot air and smoke blown into various places. What I'm suggesting is removing the income cap which for 2022 was $147,000.
I agree - removing the cap would help the social security fund AND be the right thing to do. Its time that was done - no matter how much static we all would hear.
The static from the small percentage (by numbers) of taxpayers who would be impacted is much less than what we'd hear if there was an attempt a la Macron, to raise the minimum age for retirement.
Today YOU sizzle Christine. " The basic premise of reading is that a child reads to think."
Agreed ! I need to use that line here where Moms of Liberty was founded…sigh.
Moms of Liberty can kiss my ass. Talk about sucking up to the patriarchal bargain.
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Sizzlin’ Christine!! The book fiasco in Floriduh is horrific. Thanks for your post from your position of knowledge!
Christine you are my hero. Living in Florida and an educator fighting for the right for children to learn how to think, with a wannabe dictator and a bunch of his brainless followers banning books. It is appalling. As is this story I just came across. Just hope these nurses aren’t taking care of anyone you care about.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/us/florida-nursing-diploma-scam.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
7,600 Fake Nursing Diplomas Were Sold in Scheme, U.S. Says
So very well said Christine.
I gotta keep reminding myself...
Ain’t that the truth…