Comments on: Now, finally, it’s the voters’ turn to decide the fate of a nation

By: Sandy Price

Sandy Price — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:48:51 +0000

You are right Eddie and CHB has done a lot of educating many of us. I remember looking for a school district in my area of California where academics were the top focus of all the children. I didn’t find much in the Santa Monica area where I had been raised. My grandmother found a private school and I was able to catch up. Little had changed over the years and I found a new private school for my girls and then found a college prep school that allowed both my girls enter and graduate from the Univ. of CA at Berkeley. It took a lot of research and it was worth it. I agree with you that academics can be the base for intelligent adults.

Sadly not all parents are able to afford private schools and often need a safety net for their lives. The federal government can legally supply the safety nets. It seems that weather disasters are hitting America every other year. I believe that we must take care of Americans who are affected by the damage from these storms when needed. I’ve worked for the Red Cross for many years as well as the YMCA and help finance their needs following the earthquakes and storms.

By: Eddie Caplan

Eddie Caplan — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:46:10 +0000

Education is the silver bullet.
If you want a smaller government and a better America, eliminate every federal agency except a lavishly funded Department of Education. Well educated citizens will figure out and organize the rest on their own. Don’t bother redistributing wealth; redistribute knowledge instead, making sure every person has solid gold education guaranteed.

Buckminster Fuller said that one person in 100,000 will create something that will pay for the other 99,999… but you won’t be able to predict who that 1 will be. So you must educate all 100,000 equally.

The answers are at hand.

Peace,
Eddie

CHB is an educator, BTW.

By: CA Leeson

CA Leeson — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:57:00 +0000

I believe that paper ballots should be required as an option at all polling places.

By: Sandy Price

Sandy Price — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:44:26 +0000

Your commentary sums up the situation very well. I’m always uncomfortable when the final counts are so close especially after learning that one of Romney’s sons had bought into the voting machines prior to the election. Can they be trusted? That is the problem. 20 years ago I would not have believed that anyone would program a machine to assure a victory, but today I have no doubt that the machines could be programmed for a win on either, or both sides. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.

If the voters were desperate for their party to win, the focus should have been on the House and Senate. It is that part of the government who makes the laws. I had hoped to see many House members voted out, but apparently, the voters didn’t care about the law makers.