tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post584277680010622747..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-12971857649624817472012-05-29T17:42:26.625-04:002012-05-29T17:42:26.625-04:00Agreed Feds are best suited for larger scale inter...Agreed Feds are best suited for larger scale interventions. With that said, I don't have the slightest idea what feds are doing trying to carrot or stick states into what seems to be a nationally standardized education system. No constitutional basis and no way to expect states with different political, historical, social, finanical, cultural and even geographic identities to be evaluated and treated the same. Can we really expect similar results at the same pace from a parrish in Louisianna and a county in New Hampshire? Even in Kentucky we can't seem to get it right after decades of reconstituted reforms with significant disparity between districts and counties. How in the world are we going to get states to perform when they can't seem to get it done internally. <br /><br />As previous comments, just very frustrated with government and those who politically and financially gain disporportionate influence with those in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-63701092156568132792012-05-29T09:24:24.155-04:002012-05-29T09:24:24.155-04:00Of course Hoover, like Obama, was criticized for n...Of course Hoover, like Obama, was criticized for not going big enough with his stimulus efforts. I suspect those critics were correct.<br /><br />Regardless, the fact is that a fair assessment of Obama would recognize that the big spenders (or should I say, budget growers) were Reagan, Bush II, Bush I and Clinton (who had a surplus) in that order. <br /><br />I realize your comment was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but if there ever was a meteor strike I'd hope the federal government would respond better than it did following Hurricane Katrina. State governments simply can't handle catastrophes of that scale. Strong federal governments are good for that sort of thing, and guaranteeing citizenship rights.Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-74830175941287898222012-05-28T18:09:49.278-04:002012-05-28T18:09:49.278-04:00Not sure if saying as a President during economic ...Not sure if saying as a President during economic recession you raised government spending less than Hoover is a good thing to say. I think you also have to consider where those funds were spent. Spending is not some generalized concept. For example, would we consider it a bad thing if the government increased spending by 5% as a means of helping citizens overcome damages of a meteor shower which hit harmed larged portions of the nation as compared to a 5% increase in regulatory and enforcement expenditures to make sure that all American's brushed their teeth correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com