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US government failures
beneteau
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a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234
years to get it right and it is broke.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to
get it right and it is broke.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get
it right and it is broke.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it
right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to"the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44
years to get it right and they are broke.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get
it right and it is broke.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our
dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
years to get it right and it is broke.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to
get it right and it is broke.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get
it right and it is broke.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it
right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to"the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44
years to get it right and they are broke.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get
it right and it is broke.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our
dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
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The only GOVERNMENT failures that do work are found in the US CONs: IE, the military....and the military is most effective when it is not micromanaged.
EPIC FAILURE?
24th in literacy
35th in math
29th in science
What about dept of education and America's ranking in literacy rate, math, and sciences among the worlds industrialized countries.
EPIC FAILURE?
24th in literacy
35th in math
29th in science
Most of the industrialized world doesn't have gigantic minority populations dragging down their scores.
http://www.slj.com/2011/08/students/u-s-students-rank-32-in-math-proficiency-17-in-reading-study-says/
Although math performance levels among countries that ranked 23 to 31 aren't significantly different from that of the U. S., 22 countries outperform the U. S. in the number of students reaching math proficiency. In six countries-plus Shanghai and Hong Kong-a majority of students performed at the proficient level, while in the U.S., less than one-third did. For example, 58 percent of Korean students and 56 percent of Finnish students were proficient. Other countries in which a majority-or near majority-of students performed at or above the proficient level include Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands. Many other nations also had math proficiency rates well above that of the U. S., including Germany (45 percent), Australia (44 percent), and France (39 percent). Shanghai topped the list with a 75 percent math proficiency rate, more than two times the 32 percent rate of the United States.
When it comes to reading, American students performed reasonably well compared to most European countries, and only 10 countries outperform us by a statistically significant amount. In Korea, 47 percent of students are proficient in reading. Other countries that outrank the U. S. include Finland (46 percent), Singapore and New Zealand (42 percent), Japan and Canada (41 percent), Australia (38 percent), and Belgium (37 percent).
The proficiency rate in the United States varies considerably across students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, the report says. While 42 percent of white students were identified as proficient in math, only 11 percent of African American students, 15 percent of Hispanic students, and 16 percent of Native Americans were proficient. Fifty percent of students with an ethnic background from Asia and the Pacific Islands, however, were proficient in math. In reading, 40 percent of white students and 41 percent of those from Asia and the Pacific Islands were identified as proficient. Only 13 percent of African-American students, 5 percent of Hispanic students, and 18 percent of Native American students were proficient.
US schools aren't failing......as usual, the problem is a certain group that is never held responsible for it's failures.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
You would be better off trying to find successes.
The only GOVERNMENT failures that do work are found in the US CONs: IE, the military....and the military is most effective when it is not micromanaged.
+1 working for the corps has shown me the major inefficiency of our government