Why are literacy programs mostly run by Republicans?
824480
This is actually close to the description I use to illustrate the basic difference between Republicans and Democrats:\n\nDemocrats will help feed the people fish.\nRepublicans will teach people to fish.\n\nThis philosophy is kind of a touchstone on how to think about the parties. Democrats are all about the individual, providing for one person at a time, reading to them. Republicans want to help the larger class of people, thus will provide teaching to help the people make their own way.
601453
Republicans can only handle one belief about every topic, and usually they don't even use their own brain.  Someone tells Republicans what to believe and they all say "YES SIR".  This is retarded, and it is not freedom.
604258
It's because people keep voting Republican, and we loose our rights. As you can see it's a selective thing too, like sending children to war so the adults don't have too. If you haven't noticed with the illegal immigration and the unemployment issues. A young adult has the choice of $100,000.00 for an education, Walmart, McDonald's, or Iraq. You can ask yourself this question as you get older, while your working at McDonald's. I myself already learned it through the Reagan/Bush administration in the 80's. Republicans just use people for their own agendas, and if your not rich, and in the mold your nothing.
829100
Because the people currently in office aren't true Republicans. They have personal agendas and many are puppets for someone else with lots of power and/or $. Republicans believe in self government; how do you explain the no child left behind law? That's nationwide. There are so many other things I don't even know about. Also, Bush is hypocrite. He claims to be a man of God and prays and that is part of what helps him do his job. I believe Church and State should be seperate, his religious beliefs should be interfere with his decision making for the US.
415702
any books written by republicans. they're not from this planet
95305
I think one answer might be that the US Republican party-- one of the furthest right promonent political parties in the developed world-- has a very strong rhetorical advantage. The US has been convinced that the republicans are the party of morality. As a person of faith I have often been told that my left-leaning political views are abhorrant to God. The communities of faith have been convinced that they are part of conservative america and are afraid to step out of line. \nIt may also be the strong emphasis on Security in our post 9-11 world. to stay secure we often forfit many of our political powers to a stronger government, short-sightedly\n\nhope this adds some insight :)
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All parties have shown ineptness--government cannot be as efficient as private industry, for example, because we have a system of checks and balances that make decision-making a difficult process.\nThe Republican party takes hostility to government to an extreme. They support privatizing a significant part of the military effort; relief efforts; public education; social security; etc. This is based on a blind belief that the government can't do it well, and private industry will. \nHowever, when they hand over many functions to private side, they usually aren't interested in monitoring how things are run--hence many of the scandals. They simply trust too much in private industry doing the "right" thing, despite ample evidence that earning a profit (especial for management and stockholders) is what private industry does best. \nAt heart, I think the Republican problem is their unwillingness to identify and improve upon the legitimate functions of government, and to try to privatize too much in the belief that private markets will cure problems.
32865
Because the Republicans get the most votes? *shrugs* Just a thought
17665
Well, first of all, I would contest that it is; after all, we have a Republican governor. Second of all, it comes in part from why places that are "traditionally" one thing or another stay that way: parents raise thier kids to believe their own opinions, perpetuating those views. Also, Boston is a city of academia, with many institutions of higher learning. Places like this this tend to be more liberal.
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Because the Republican Party has typically worked against the interests of the "average" African-American, whether it be welfare to poor blacks, affirmative-action, or anti-discrimination laws. So, alot of blacks see Republican conservative African-Americans (such as Powell, Clarence Thomas, Rice, etc) as being hypocrites, and traitors.\n\nAs far as successful, there are quite a few Democratic (or liberal) successful blacks. Al Sharpton for example :)\n\nEDIT : The above poster mentions the Oreo Syndrome. This refers to the idea of Republican blacks being "Black on the outside, white on the inside", again re-inforcing the "traitor" idea.
874066
Excellent point.  It is probably because of hate of Republicans.
1090648
The current system is as follows:\n\nThe federal and state governments set guidelines for program provisions (ELL, special ed, etc.) and student performance at a certain level, based on political expediency.\n\nWhen they decide funding for schools, they do not look at what these mandates require in order to have even a chance of success (much smaller student to teacher ratio, adequate time in the school day, a textbook in every subject for every student at every level that can be taken home and/or are consumable, adequate materials, etc.). They look at what the tax base can support, after other, "more important" areas are funded.\n\nEducation legislation today has nothing to do with educational ethics... Republicans are attempting to remove Education from the federal budget while scapegoating teachers to save their own political hides. State legislation is based on squeaky wheels and voter interest, not on real functional research-based policies.\n\nFunding decisions have nothing to do with educational ethics, only with expediency for legislators... what is the minimum that can be thrown at the schools (that fine balance between enough to keep people thinking that the funding sources are "doing their best," and minimizing cost as much as possible.
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I'm not a republican.  Every day I consider myself more of an independent.  Republicans do not have the corner on blindness.  Labelling is not helping anyone.  My guess is that many republicans truly wanted to improve the lot in life for many in the middle east and elsewhere.  They were frustrated and wanted to confront murderous fanaticism.  They, like many of the majority, were misguided and not well enough versed in history to understand what we were getting into.  The real question is how do we make something decent come out of this horrible situation?  Education,  focus, open discussion, sheer will and avoiding cynicism (like we're doing now).  Merry Christmas!
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Because its a diversion story.  The vast majority of media are controlled by conservative corporations, which means they are republican.  They divert the attention of the American public elsewhere, like rattling keys in front of a crying infant, and a good deal of the American public falls for it.  These corporations will do whatever is best for the people in power that are able to tack easily overlooked items sentences long onto bills that take up reams of paper.  For instance, one senator might pen a bill that establishes a few small wildlife refugees but somewhere in the middle tack on something that gives cable companies the right to double your bill if you are a day late.  It happens all the time.  Politicians are big on making up a proposal that sounds wonderful and altruistic while slipping something REALLY lucrative in for their cronies.  \nSo that's why, because they can and Americans do not read the newspaper which is just as guilty of the same offenses but at least if one read a newspaper or 2 a week on top of watching the news, he'd get a better sense of what was really going on in the world.
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they secretly want to be republicans
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Keep in mind that many Republicans have a goal of privatization of Social Security, including our President.\n\nThat aside, Republicans have realized that popular support for Social Security is so pervasive that opposition to this would be detrimental to their prospects for election.  The first goal of a hopeful policymaker is to attain power, and Republicans realized that their chances for gaining power would be diminished by opposing a policy so heavily favored by a vast majority of the nation.
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There are two types of Republicans in my opinion- those who are Republican because they are rich and enjoy the way our economy works, and those who are Republican because of their moral beliefs.  I think that when deciding which party to belong to, many Christians try to pick the lesser of two evils (ah, the irony).  They choose the Republican party because of their moral beliefs and then, with the other side of the Republican party's ideas in mind, spend their money to help the poor through their church rather than through their government.  There's far less bureaucracy if done this way, and you know your money will be going towards its intended use.  I also think there's more emphasis on homosexuality and abortion because for one, the government has many services in place to help the poor and impoverished (redundant?), so their efforts are placed elsewhere.  I also don't think that in the time Revelation was written that abortions were as prevalent as they are now.  It's become a bigger issue, so people have made it a greater cause.  \n\nHowever, you pose an extremely valid question.  I've become increasingly fed up with the way big business works in this country (and others), and I really SHOULD do something about it.  I think you've just indirectly encouraged me to give more to Christian charities and pay way more attention to candidates and stuff.  I might even take up reading the paper again.  :P