Can Catholics Vote Democrat?

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Crossbones said:
So, maybe you should have become a high school teacher after you retired. I mean, when you say you retired, you mean from active service and you were like 40, right? It sounds like you would be good to work with these youth.
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Actually, I thought about it.

But I saw the kind of garbage my wife had to deal with and I thought better of it.

I am a CCD teacher, though.

By the way, just to be clear, I am not referring to the kids as garbage.

When I mention “garbage”, I am referring to the ridiculous rules that are imposed upon teachers that prevent them from maintenance of discipline in the classroom. Yes, discipline is possible, but it is a VERY hard task.

When I mention “garbage”, I am referring to the ridiculous parents who maintain that their little darlings can do no wrong and therefore do not support the teachers in any way.

And so on.

Don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t mind teaching middle or high school kids…and I would probably be very, very good at it. However, not with the curriculum that is used (at least in public schools around here) and certainly not under the restrictions that are used (at least in public schools around here).
 
freeRadical said:
Why not? The parents of the children in private school are taxpayers right? So why shouldn’t public funding go to private schools?

Public funding goes to a lot of “private” things.
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With shekels come shackles.

I’d rather keep government money (and associated regulations) out of private schools, thank you very much.
 
markomalley said:
With shekels come shackles.

I’d rather keep government money (and associated regulations) out of private schools, thank you very much.
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So you would agree that people that go to private universities shouldn’t receive any kind of government grants or loans right?
 
freeRadical said:
So you would agree that people that go to private universities shouldn’t receive any kind of government grants or loans right?
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I would prefer that the government grants or loans didn’t exist at all. They have the effect of raising tuition costs for everybody.
 
markomalley said:
I would prefer that the government grants or loans didn’t exist at all. They have the effect of raising tuition costs for everybody.
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Well, we can agree here. But I see no reason to not allow parents to choose what school their children go to. I don’t understand the vehement opposition to school choice.
 
stinkcat_14 said:
Can you name something that the republicans did that was “good” during the eight years of Bush? We had tax cut, but the tax cut wasn’t paid for, so that was not “good”, just a benefit for us living and sticking our grandchildren with a higher national debt. We started two wars, but didn’t pay for them. So that is not good, just a redistribution from future generations. We had a major expansion of welfare under Bush as well in passing medicare part D. So there is very little “good” done by either party. One may argue that democrats are more evil, but one cannot argue that republicans, at least historically are in any way good.
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I agree with all you have said. Bush did limit abortions oversees. But I’m not here to support the Republicans. I just genuinely want to know what good Democrats have done in any aspect of public life.
 
adawgj said:
I was wondering if it’s ok for Catholics to vote Democrat? I know that the Democrats are more in favor of abortion, but that doesn’t they don’t do other things that help our country. If anyone on here is Catholic and a Democrat what advice do you have?

I’m an Independent, but unfortunately third parties rarely get votes.
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Like what do Democrts do for the country besides raise taxes, give YOUR money away to others, and consistently violate the Constitution?
 
freeRadical said:
Well, we can agree here. But I see no reason to not allow parents to choose what school their children go to. I don’t understand the vehement opposition to school choice.
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I have three children. Two of which would be very easy (and very cheap) to educate. A third that has issues and is much more expensive to educate. A private school would happily take two of my children and try to make a profit, while the third would be hung out to dry.

Public support of education is for the community, not the individual, IMO.
 
markomalley said:
Actually, I thought about it.

But I saw the kind of garbage my wife had to deal with and I thought better of it.

I am a CCD teacher, though.

By the way, just to be clear, I am not referring to the kids as garbage.

When I mention “garbage”, I am referring to the ridiculous rules that are imposed upon teachers that prevent them from maintenance of discipline in the classroom. Yes, discipline is possible, but it is a VERY hard task.

When I mention “garbage”, I am referring to the ridiculous parents who maintain that their little darlings can do no wrong and therefore do not support the teachers in any way.

And so on.

Don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t mind teaching middle or high school kids…and I would probably be very, very good at it. However, not with the curriculum that is used (at least in public schools around here) and certainly not under the restrictions that are used (at least in public schools around here).
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Maybe a private school then?
 
Crossbones said:
I have three children. Two of which would be very easy (and very cheap) to educate. A third that has issues and is much more expensive to educate. A private school would happily take two of my children and try to make a profit, while the third would be hung out to dry.

Public support of education is for the community, not the individual, IMO.
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Would you consider Catholic schools out to make a profit?
 
freeRadical said:
Easy. They put their needs above the needs of the students. It’s the students who suffer during strikes, wouldn’t you agree?
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If the teachers has to quit because of poor wages, the students suffer - wouldn’t you agree?
 
freeRadical said:
How can a federal judge impose a tax?
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I don’t know how it worked in Missouri. But a few years ago the Kansas school districts sued the KS legislature because they alleged that it did not provide adequate funding for KS schools.

The Kansas constitution has a clause that the Legislature shall provide for the adequate education of children. It doesn’t set an amount of funding.

The result of the lawsuit was that the court determined that the funding was not adequate. It even gave a figure by which the funding was deficient, and directed the legislature to provide adequate funding. It seems like a violation of the separation of powers to me, but what do I know?
 
JimG said:
I don’t know how it worked in Missouri. But a few years ago the Kansas school districts sued the KS legislature because they alleged that it did not provide adequate funding for KS schools.

The Kansas constitution has a clause that the Legislature shall provide for the adequate education of children. It doesn’t set an amount of funding.

The result of the lawsuit was that the court determined that the funding was not adequate. It even gave a figure by which the funding was deficient, and directed the legislature to provide adequate funding. It seems like a violation of the separation of powers to me, but what do I know?
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But the legislature actually imposed the tax right?
 
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