Rand Paul cites education as the great equalizer in America

Sen. Rand Paul spoke about education during an event in Kentucky.

[@greorbowlfinder7078]

Libertarians talking about public education as an equalizer. Best punch line ever

[@rudiruttger]

The problem is that emotion has replaced knowledge in American education

[@sr2291]

Do you have a higher degree?

[@kevinm3751]

@@sr2291 Would it matter if he did or not? Fact is he is spot on!

[@echoskelet]

no , greed

[@rudiruttger]

@@echoskelet I wish

[@sr2291]

@@kevinm3751 How would you know?

[@bekag1793]

Preach it Sir!!!! This open dialogue is the first step to changing our society for the betterment of all. Thank you Rand for caring about humanity and helping light a path forward away from the negative, fear based, self serving oligarchy we have created. Please listen up and start helping out in your community, talk to your neighbors, get out and serve in your community. We must be the changes we want to see to get this ball rolling. We can all make a difference in someone’s life. 🙏😘

[@alphatango1358]

Greetings from New York. 👌👌👌🗽🇺🇲

[@headishome8452]

He said before school and after school is needed and having mentors. But GOP doesn't want that.....

[@sr2291]

They are for Welfare to work not Welfare to college and then to work.

[@headishome8452]

@@sr2291 Do you know how "welfare" works? Evidently you don't. There are rules and time limits... exceptions are for the working poor Example : woman 2 children works 2 jobs, 33 hours at one, 8 at another this family qualifies because despite her doing all she can, they still fall under poverty. This also goes if she is a he. So if mother or father (who doesn't live with them ) wait.. you are paying attention anymore 😳 because you don't want to listen to reality of the United States of America!!!! So tell me how "welfare" works, I would appreciate it as it helps to know where you knowledge of real life in USA is.

[@sr2291]

@@headishome8452 Every state has different rules under TANF. Some states allow parents to attend college. Some states make them take any job. Some states pay the monthly payment even if they are working. Some states dont. The rules used to be Federal so there was some consistency but the Republucans are getting rid of Federal Laws and allowing the states to do what they want. Arizona has a 2 year Welfare for life rule.

[@alexanderphilip1809]

Depends on what you are learning things like culture, politics, liberal arts in general are not exactly known to lead to attractive careers.

[@robertsteele474]

I don't know abut that blanket statement. For example, while politics isn't exactly attractive, it seems to be a very lucrative career with a lot of job stability. ;-)

[@sr2291]

It is if you are getting a Masters Degree or going to Law School.

[@kayfrost3467]

No no no: the only place with equal outcomes and standardized people is called “the cemetery “ everyone is doing the same thing the same time the same way every single moment....but of course there is inequity of gravestones, caskets/urns, even inequity of grave site location and shade trees, etc...

[@Reason-Logic]

How will non-Black people evaluate Black doctors' and pilots' qualifications in twenty years with emotion-driven race grading?

[@spiritofgoldfish]

This is all a crock. American education is a system of private education by property tax base, not anything like equality of opportunity.

[@wallieormerod2049]

Quality Education, starts unfortunately with the simple responsibility of the Parents first. Secondly, Parents have got to honestly and as soon as possible identify areas in which their child or children individually are struggling to excel, then help them to focus more in that area of studying. Not necessarily to be perfect but better. Ask Individual Teachers for advice and help, if there answers or suggestions go against individual Moral Standards, that is where School Choice or Alternative methods should occur. Finally Parents need to be honest with their own expectations and wants for their own children and always remember, that regardless of those, at some point it is Your Children who will ultimately have to live out Your decisions and choices. Education or Learning is a better word, does not always mean College B.S. OR P.H.D. OR EVEN ASSOCIATE DEGREES.

[@worldobserver3515]

No one has "honest expectations" of their child's abilities. The nonsense that everyone is "special" is coming home to roost.

[@wallieormerod2049]

@@worldobserver3515 Sadly I partly agree, but impossible to separate expectations from honesty for some. Edit** And special is really a notion of individual perspective and circumstances??

[@sturkeliousrron4934]

The most honest thing he said was about voting the same people in. You are going to get the same results. Yes, people like Rand Paul and Moscow Mitch. Fix the public school system. Charter school will only lead to exclusion of certain demographics and groups of people. Make education fair and better for all, not a privileged targeted few.

[@robertsteele474]

Moscow Mitch. I fully and without question trust the opinion anyone who is still Russia-gating after spending millions of dollars on years of investigation by the entire power national security intelligence agencies and still not getting hard evidence for a conviction. Instead of whining on the internet with spurious ad hominem accusations, your time might have been better spent actually working to replace him and all the other venal and unscrupulous politicians in both parties in the last election based on his actual horrible policies and record and might have convinced a few people.

[@echoskelet]

that base im i right? or is just my headset..left ear..hmmm

[@imatalkin4358]

“I don’t want to send my kids into a racial jungle” - Joe Biden

[@electric8668]

Trump and his daddy didn't want to rent5 to Blacks. So Nixon sued them.

[@BillyThailand]

Fire FauXi

[@pagliaccisghost269]

I just payed almost 6 bucks for 3 apples at Publix today. Thanks Joe.

[@robertsteele474]

That is not the topic or the person in the video. Wake up.

[@queensamara5898]

Take your time and come back to earth. You're a PSYCHOTIC LUNATIC

[@lizafrolkis8185]

Who doesn’t believe in family, Rand?

[@sYd6point7]

the entirety of the left. Blm, etc.....

[@queensamara5898]

@@sYd6point7 Stop lying & being ignorant

[@5674inCincy]

Oh my god this man doesn’t have enough sides of his mouth to talk out of 🙄🙄

[@ivansmashem8304]

He makes a lot of great points, and then jumps to a complete non sequitur with, "If you're against charter schools... you don't care about these kids." Apparently, he can't wrap his head around the fact that you can be against giving a huge amount of public funding to private, for profit, institutions, while also caring about education and demanding that public money be given to public institutions, and that we change the nature of the public institutions to model them after successful private institutions. Nope. His answer is always going to be to lower the taxes, stop funding public schools, and let poor people rot so that he can improve the success stories coming from private schools.

[@sYd6point7]

Charter school do great work sometimes better than other schools, and private schools, and public school create activist commies.....they deserve to lose funding and be "reset", either that or get rid of the staff and get teachers who want to teach not indoctrinate.

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

Charter schools work while many DECADES of FAILURE of public schools in inner-cities show that they can't fix themselves. School Choice is the answer if you care more about black folks than the teachers' unions that are just out for themselves.

[@worldobserver3515]

If you want to help education, you have to end the monopoly of public education.

[@worldobserver3515]

@@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836 , "black folks" need to start caring about themselves. Check homework, know what your kids are doing, demand academic success, less video games, .......and on and on. Success is earned, not given.

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

@@worldobserver3515 Of course I agree with that. Just as I'm sure you agree that School Choice is greatly preferable to forcing children to attend failed public schools.

[@loomingdarks6534]

We all know education is not the great equalizer!

[@alicepyne-jahneke8042]

Do we all know that? Thank you, if not for you, how would we all know what we know

[@robertsteele474]

What book did you read that in?

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

😂😂 You were joking, right?

[@worldobserver3515]

Education is actually the great equalizer.....but only for those with the IQ to take advantage of it. The lie is that everyone can succeed, but IQ's of 90-100 will always be shelf stockers. People should stop thinking of themselves as "smart" and "special." If you are, prove it.

[@robertsteele474]

@@worldobserver3515 Bonus question then: Do those shelf-stockers, etc. deserve a livable wage?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Rand Paul backs The Big Lie...So him talking about Education is a tad Hypocritical.😒

[@jacobwalters5799]

Rand Paul voted to certify the election

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

@@jacobwalters5799 Then why was he still going on Conservative media saying the election was stolen a few days before?

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

The Big Lie is "we know the election was legitimate." In fact, 59 of the 60 lawsuits were dismissed on _legal technicalities_ (standing, laches, etc). There was almost zero investigation or review of the evidence. Now compare that to Trump/Russia that had *FIVE* separate government investigations taking years and costing maybe $100,000,000.

[@sYd6point7]

@@user-em6ie2be7x because laws were rewritten to avoid people seeing crimes for what they did....that deserves investigation...at what time did the winners ever say "don't look or i will punish you?" and that was OK? shake your head.