"Holy smokes!" President Obama Releases Full Pre-K Plan

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17. Really? Is that how you view ths US? Look around with open eyes... we are flush with wealth.

Just poorly distributed wealth. It's this attitude that we cannot afford to do anything that would be of benefit to people that keeps us stuck. Do you advocate we do nothing just to save the money?

Please see #10 for more details... if you're actually interested in being more than a stick in the mud.

This proposal has no direct benefit to me. My children have all grown up. But I enthusiastically support these measures because it is a positive action that can do a lot of good. And if you need a selfish reason for supporting it, it's because I want to live in a world that actually cares for children beyond the womb.

It's not that we "don't have a pot to piss in", as you say, it's that our priorities are all messed up and we are spending money in ways that are wasteful rather than helpful. Why on earth do you want a government that treats its people with such disdain? Austerity only makes things worse for most people. Is that the kind of world you want to live in? Or one that dares to try and do better.