Comments by "TaichiStraightlife" (@TaichiStraightlife) on "David Pakman Show"
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I didn't go to college (okay: a year), but so what? If you can read, you can educate yourself. After all, neither George Washington or Abraham Lincoln went to college. Anyway, I agree with your points about what should be the thrust of education: the teaching of critical thinking. You only aired a small part of the CNN piece, but what really pissed me off the most (and there were many uneducated observations made by that panel that vied for that honor) were the thoughts voiced about the money that we spent on Ukraine, and foreign aid in general. First of all, while not an ally by treaty, Ukraine is a front line state next to Russia AND IT'S IN OUR INTEREST to support them. As Lord Palmerston (and Charles de Gaulle, among others) said, nations don't have friends, they have perpetual interests.
Secondly they were groaning about the amount that Ukraine was getting, while there were homeless people about (which I believe is rather a state and local concern, but no matter). What do these uneducated people not know? They don't know that, as a percentage of GDP, ALL FOREIGN AID, not just what's going to Ukraine, consumes 0.18%. That means 18 CENTS OUT OF EVERY 100 DOLLARS generated goes to foreign aid. And as a percentage of the Federal budget? One percent. China gives more in foreign aid than we do... which means, obviously, that China derives more benefit than the United States, which means that China gets more and better trade relations; contracts and the like. Because foreign aid hasn't only costs, it has obvious benefits, unless of course you have no vision because your eyes (and thoughts) are small and closed.
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