Neoliberalism2024

Neoliberalism2024 t1_jdymicl wrote

They dont have new millionaires moving in. They HAD new millionaires being MADE, because silicon valley had a shit ton of IPOs before the bubble crashed, and lots of people become millionaires thru their options. A large portion of those newly minted milionaires left. And silicon valley isnt going to minting many millionaires the next few years.

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Neoliberalism2024 t1_jdvbdyf wrote

That’s why I roll my eyes when bright eyed idealistic young people come here and argue that if taxes were slightly higher, and we just soaked the rich, all our problems will be solved.

When it actuality any excess tax revenue will be wasted similiar to this story.

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Neoliberalism2024 t1_jad6aa4 wrote

Reply to comment by tikihiki in Consultants Gone Wild by ToffeeFever

What incentive do government employees have? They cant be fired for performing badly, and can’t be rewarded much for performing well. If they spend too much money, they just ask for more money (as opposed to a private company where your execs get fired when expenses get out of hand).

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Neoliberalism2024 t1_j9hvyz5 wrote

Charter schools absolutely should be able to reject students, that’s the whole point.

Disruptive student ruin education for everyone else.

Richer people move to richer suburbs to go to public schools where most parents are engaged parents and therefore the kids are well behaved. They then get a quality education.

Poorer kids don’t have this choice. They go to school surrounded by violent and disruptive students that make it impossible for them learn (I know this first hand from my childhood).

Charter schools provide a way for kids who actually want to learn to be in an environment where they can learn.

Public schools in nyc have been shit fot 40-50 years, and getting worse, despite spending more money than anywhere else in the USA. At this point it’s irrational to think they’ll get any better.

Poor kids who want to learn deserve an opportunity to learn. They shouldn’t be pawns of rich white people who whine “won’t someone think of the disruptive and violent students”. Send them to your rich schools in the suburbs if you care about them so much.

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Neoliberalism2024 t1_j9hv7d7 wrote

If you had decent public schools, this wouldn’t be necessary.

People will criticize charter schools because they kick out misbehaving students.

But why is this a bad thing: upper middle class people do the same thing to get away from misbehaving students - by moving to rich suburbs. No one really is mad about that. And in fact most of the anti-charter school liberals in this sub-Reddit will do exactly that when they have kids, instead of putting them in a local nyc school.

Poor people can’t move to WestChester very easily, so giving them a chance by going to a charter school doesn’t feel very wrong. Just because you’re poor, doesn’t mean your son or daughter needs to be surrounded by disrupting and violent student. They have a right to learn too. Charter schools provide this access.

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