Comments on: Cont’d. TB’s You don’t get it. It’s the regulatory system, exploited, that creates this monopoly. https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/27/contd-tbs-you-dont-get-it-its-the-regulatory-system-exploited-that-creates-this-monopoly/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:20:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/27/contd-tbs-you-dont-get-it-its-the-regulatory-system-exploited-that-creates-this-monopoly/#comment-6318 TB Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:29:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3931#comment-6318 <p>P.S.</p> The paper I linked to has reform ideas starting on page 50. I'm still working through it. P.S.

The paper I linked to has reform ideas starting on page 50. I’m still working through it.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/27/contd-tbs-you-dont-get-it-its-the-regulatory-system-exploited-that-creates-this-monopoly/#comment-6313 TB Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:35:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3931#comment-6313 You have to get past the centralization myth. The idea that if we just put the right angels in charge of everything, it will all work. Who decides who's "cream of the crop?" Get rid of the "national level." America's education system worked very well for many years on a local level, and spending about a quarter of the money per student being spent now. Regulation IS politics. Regulation will ALWAYS be politics. In this case, as in many others, the regulation is what CAUSED the uneven playing field. You have to get past the centralization myth. The idea that if we just put the right angels in charge of everything, it will all work.

Who decides who’s “cream of the crop?”

Get rid of the “national level.” America’s education system worked very well for many years on a local level, and spending about a quarter of the money per student being spent now.

Regulation IS politics. Regulation will ALWAYS be politics. In this case, as in many others, the regulation is what CAUSED the uneven playing field.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/27/contd-tbs-you-dont-get-it-its-the-regulatory-system-exploited-that-creates-this-monopoly/#comment-6311 ER Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:09:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3931#comment-6311 Forget it, Eri. TB's position is "It's crooked cops that cover for the gangsters, so therefore, if there were no police, crime would simply disappear." What he conveniently refuses to accept is that regardless of what the root cause of the problem is, its the gangsters who are profiting, and his only option is to get rid of the cops. As for the purpose of education, teaching kids what they need to know to properly serve their employers is what Conservative educational philosophy is all about. Teaching them how to think for themselves only causes trouble, they tried it on a large scale in the 60s, with working class kids, and they've been bitter about it ever since. Forget it, Eri. TB’s position is “It’s crooked cops that cover for the gangsters, so therefore, if there were no police, crime would simply disappear.”

What he conveniently refuses to accept is that regardless of what the root cause of the problem is, its the gangsters who are profiting, and his only option is to get rid of the cops.

As for the purpose of education, teaching kids what they need to know to properly serve their employers is what Conservative educational philosophy is all about. Teaching them how to think for themselves only causes trouble, they tried it on a large scale in the 60s, with working class kids, and they’ve been bitter about it ever since.

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