Why not do away with English class after the students have gotten to the point that they can write a good paper and require that students write more papers for other classes like science.

The trouble is...in HS and below, we pretty much no longer fail or hold kids back if they don't learn their subjects. There is a reason so many colleges have so many remedial classes for incoming freshmen...English being one of them.

The lack of skills of many incoming Freshmen is atrocious.

No cell phones meant your parents couldn't track you, and Lordy....I'd have long lost a car if they'd not only tracked me but monitored my speed. UGH!!

At least we were free to be kids back then, and learn from our actions, sure there were some bad times and consequences, but that's a part of growing up!!

So glad there wasn't a fucking camera EVERYWHERE I went as a kid and a teen....

Get impaired off the road first and maybe you'll have a point. And by impaired, I mean by distraction (e.g., phones), drugs, or alcohol.

Wow, are you really so afraid of this in regular every day life that this comes to the top of your mind first when reading an article that is so far removed from the topic of impaired driving??

Wow, if so, then I'd advise you to never get behind the wheel of a car after about 6pm till about 6am, as that there are liquored up folks on the road, lots of them.

I mean, when you drive by those numerous bars, wilth large parking lots filled starting at Happy Hour...and at closing time, are empty, well, I'm guessing you can guess that those folks aren't all designated drivers. And hell, don't come live in New Orleans, I mean, we have drive through daiquiri shops and bars give you plastic "to go" cups here to take your drink to go with you....so, you gotta figure many folks are on the road after imbibing.

It is the mass of fuckers crossing over illegally that we have NO idea who they are or what they are possibly up to that bother me.

Why not channel all this money into actually making our borders more secure by making them LESS porous?!?!

Hell, dig a mote...make a minefield, let our snipers do training with errant live targets trying to invade our soil illegally.

Ok..so, maybe thats a bit extreme, but seriously....I'm not as afraid of anyone that is trying to come across AT the US customs manned crossing, it is the mass of folks coming over everywhere BUT there that I'm concerned with....spend the money there.

Our boss actually moved our group away from most other folks so our yelling and screaming wouldn't disturb them, and well...he wasn't that big a stickler for time clock, as long as we got code work and all done and in on time, he didn't care that much WTF we did.

We played our own maps and took out all the monster so it was just us and weapons respawning.

I'd buy this new game...just hope they keep it true to the old style. I was deadly with a mouse in one hand and keyboard on the other.

You sound like a terrible, terrible driver. Why don't you take your toys to the track?

Actually, my driving record of MANY decades would beg to differ with your conclusion. I don't generally bother to look at posted speed limits, no..unless the cops are around or the radar detector goes off. That being said, I drive for what is safe in the current driving conditions. If it is raining, I slow down. If it is a nice road, especially one I'm familiar with, and there is very little to no traffic around me I go as fast as is possibly safe for what my car can handle. I drive based on the conditions around me at that moment in time. I don't care what the posted sign says, I go slower when warranted and go as fast as is safe for me when conditions are right.

I mean really "rediculous"???? why that one pisses me off so much I'll never know

I think this one predates you my friend.

That is the CORRECT pronunciation by our old friend Ricky Ricardo....shortly after uttering this, he'd tell Lucy she had some "Splaining to do".....

In the meantime, I prefer to drive my own cars. I've never owned anything but 2-seater performance and sports cars, and I buy them for a reason, they are FUN to drive.

And since they perform better than most other cars on the road, I've been able to use that to avoid other idiots on the road trying to hit me (i.e. better braking, acceleration as needed to get out of other drivers' way that were coming at me).

If you put this on a video on a monetized YouTube channel, would this be permissible?

Of course you realize that over 99% of "family farms" are completely unaffected by estate taxes.,

Well, you are right, that the true family farm is a fraction of the great thing it used to be, sadly.

But the idea is still the same....in broader terms, the family business.....and upon death, those are often taxed so badly that the offspring often have to sell the business as that they couldn't afford to pay the inheritance taxes on it to keep it and run it and keep it in the family.

We're talking small businesses here...they do make up the majority of companies in the US and provide the majority of jobs to others in the US.

Better yet, make the landlords pay the difference (and prohibit rent increases).

Why would you prohibit increases???

Things happen over time, it costs more for a house to be rented. For instance, after Katrina...home insurance went through the roof. The landlords have to pass that on. As a place ages, the maintenance costs rise and again, the landlord has to factor that into the rent amount too and occasionally it needs to be raised. I mean, the landlord has to cover his costs and still make a bit of profit....after all, no one is renting their properties without a profit motive.

Flat tax is a fail, consumption tax is a fail, not taxing inherited wealth is a fail.

You know..there aren't THAT many super wealthy in the world that this applies to...

What is wrong with inheritance? You think the family farm should not be able to be handed down from father to son, without taxing it into oblivion? This thing being abolished doesn't just hurt the rich like you wish it to...it hits the middle class too. Why should parents not be able to will their lives work, homes and all to their children, without forcing the children to basically give it up if they don't have all the tax money to pay for it? That doesn't seem right.

The trouble is, the rules you want to put in place..hurt more than just the super wealthy.

If we were to have no tax on the necessities of life..food, shelter, utilities, gas...etc. what would be wrong with hitting with a consumption tax? I mean, that just taxes folks on luxury spending of disposable cash, does it not? That would hit the "rich" more than others since they have and spend more disposable cash....

Why not a graduated simple flat tax? I mean, even a poor person should have at least a little skin in the game, no?

A consumption tax is inherently regressive.

Ok...then, exempt the necessities of life, food, utilities and I suppose even housing (although I don't know of any taxes on rental payments at this time).

Let's say you only tax consumption of luxuries, and there ya go....it hits mostly the wealthy and those with disposable income.

What would not be fair about that?

Have a nice day!