WA state here - it's ridiculous that I have to subsidize chuds in Mississippi and Louisiana when they won't even give their citizens human rights. they're all about fiscal responsibility until it comes to paying their own fucking bills.
edit: love the chudvotes, do we have some cranky MS and LA types? pay your fucking bills jerkfaces. fuck, half your budgets come from federal funds we pour more into.
I have two boat friends. One has a 20' sailboat, it's just under yacht size. The other has a dingy he built in his garage. The dingy gets far more use.
I think folks should always have the right to refuse,
mos def. the trick is to make it fun and part of the transition to adulthood, so they want to serve.
In lieu of the loan system, if there was a similar program for agreeing to work as a public servant for X number of years in exchange for free school, it could be appealing.
in addition to schooling, give them access to home loans too. make it possible for people to own houses again.
I'm pro national service - whether that takes the form of mail delivery, community work, fire service, environmental remediation (!!) there's a shitton of work to be done, give kids free education and get them enrolled for services and benefits and skim off the best for leadership. Or, military or federal security service. There's a ton of different ways for people to serve their country and we should accommodate all who are willing to step up.
blighty has it's problems but they're resolvable. rejoin the EU. Support Ukraine. Restrict 5 eyes intel until the US get's it's shit together. Lead NATO.
ymmv, but my suggestion is: study with them. I'm a few years behind you in a similar trajectory, and we've been doing 3 study sessions each week, it's helped. even when they're re-reading notes and texts, it's helpful to walk them through it.
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WA state here - it's ridiculous that I have to subsidize chuds in Mississippi and Louisiana when they won't even give their citizens human rights. they're all about fiscal responsibility until it comes to paying their own fucking bills.
edit: love the chudvotes, do we have some cranky MS and LA types? pay your fucking bills jerkfaces. fuck, half your budgets come from federal funds we pour more into.