Most of the time when I read or listen, it’s highly educated people positing theories and desiring more centralized decision making. They usually aren’t threatened by technology. Sure, universal basic income is a great idea but I don’t need it and it will cost me little to implement it. Most of these arguments are normative. Because they “feel” bad for someone, so we need to do something about it. There is very little positive economic analysis when it comes to these arguments.
I also don’t believe in limits. Certainly, there are constraints. You have to put yourself into a situation to be successful and you have to prepare yourself to be successful. You also have to be willing to define your own success and not let society determine it for you. One thing that was great about Trump was you never heard “I can’t” when it came to taking on challenges that had to be taken on.
Successful people are like that. I have known lots of them. It’s really interesting to listen to them talk about their success. None of them were 100% lucky. It wasn’t given to them. They assumed risks others were not willing to assume and they saw things others didn’t see.
Indeed.
A fine elementary teacher mentioned years ago that “high expectations for all students is essential”.
This same teacher ruminated that “if we are doing such a great job, why is civic engagement and voting such a disaster?”
2017: Madison West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.