07-14-2020, 11:57 AM
(07-14-2020, 10:57 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Hot Take:
Regardless of whether we open schools or not, the President should have no say in the matter. Trump is severely overreaching with his demands and is only doing so because he knows that without the schools opening, the country on a whole can not meaningfully re-open. If the country cannot re-open, then the economy won't recover. If the economy doesn't recover, he'll almost certainly be voted out of office. Therefore, you can't actually take him (or any politician) as being truthful and responsible with their expectations for re-opening schools because it's 100% based on political gain.
Public health officials should be the ones to decide when it is safe to re-open schools.
(07-14-2020, 11:00 AM)michaelsean Wrote: agree 100% that the President should have no say, and in truth I don't think he really does outside of his own mind.
Correct. He can't pull funding and he has no say. The reason for pushing for schools to reopen for in-person education is to let parents get back to work and get the economy going because an economic downturn is bad for his election chances. That is what it is all about. He doesn't care about the safety of children or their educational quality, it is all about trying to prevent the economy from continuing a downward trend leading into November.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
