reason10 Posted January 19, 2023 Report Posted January 19, 2023 Rich Democrats should pay another 40 percent in income taxes. In addition, Democrat politicians who live in high crime districts with restrictive gun laws should have to pay a 30% sales tax for the cost of their armed bodyguards. Democrat politicians who voted for higher welfare spending should have to pay an additional 30% of their income to help cover the costs of their spending. The Pelosi Klan, the Biden Klan, The Obama Klan and the KKKlinton Klan should ALL be taxed an additional 50 percent, on top of what they are paying now. 2 1 Quote
robosmith Posted January 19, 2023 Report Posted January 19, 2023 2 hours ago, reason10 said: Rich Democrats should pay another 40 percent in income taxes. In addition, Democrat politicians who live in high crime districts with restrictive gun laws should have to pay a 30% sales tax for the cost of their armed bodyguards. Democrat politicians who voted for higher welfare spending should have to pay an additional 30% of their income to help cover the costs of their spending. The Pelosi Klan, the Biden Klan, The Obama Klan and the KKKlinton Klan should ALL be taxed an additional 50 percent, on top of what they are paying now. You're going to need the vote police, and NO MORE secret ballot, right? Thanks for revealing your partisan DELUSIONS, AGAIN. LMAO Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 18 hours ago, Contrarian said: How about Rich Republicans? Rich Independents? I assume you SHOULD have a court going to decide who is which? You SHOULD be the judge and decide? SATIRE or maybe not: Now I understand why they placed you on leave in Florida, with such ideas, you probably got a lot of complaints eh, from Democratic parents? Not even DeSantis could have saved you. ? Always a pleasure master Reason x 10. Rich Republicans didn't spend the country into a thirty TRILLION dollar national debt, trying to buy votes and shore up the Ukranian military. Oh, and I haven't been placed on leave here. Substitute teachers are not in the military and there is no such thing as leave. (You're such a stupid liar.) My phone continues to ring off the hook from two counties for my services. Oh, and BAT GUANO FOR BRAINS, none of us in Florida's public schools (the best in the country) flaunt our politics in class. There isn't time. Our standards are too high. I know it's hard for you to imagine since your under achieving public schools never took the time to teach you how to read, do math, find capitals of countries on the map, mostly because your days were filled with gender studies, global warming and a general discussion on on why YOUR LIFE SUCKS ASS. Democrat parents here keep their fcking mouths shut. Their kids are in the best schools in the country. Their kids are getting the best educational bargain of all: Best in the country with no state income tax. Wouldn't bother me if ALL those i d i o tttttt Democrats decided to move away from Florida and back to the high tax shee it holes they oozed from Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 16 hours ago, robosmith said: You're going to need the vote police, and NO MORE secret ballot, right? Thanks for revealing your partisan DELUSIONS, AGAIN. LMAO You illegally elected a pedophile racist and you lecture me about the vote police? How long have you been this stupid and ignorant. Your GOOSE STEPPING Nazis created that TAX THE ACHIEVERS thread. What's the problem? The balance isn't what you want? (Obviously, your underachieving BLUE STATE schools never taught you about the existence of the Constitution.) Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 The Nazis here want to raise taxes on the people who create the jobs and make the country work. It never would occur to these shee ite for brains fools that MAYBE their DemoNazi party might consider CUTTING SPENDING for a change. SPENDING is the ONLY reason the country is in Deficit. NOT TAX LAW. Quote
Rebound Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 23 minutes ago, reason10 said: Rich Republicans didn't spend the country into a thirty TRILLION dollar national debt, trying to buy votes and shore up the Ukranian military. Oh, and I haven't been placed on leave here. Substitute teachers are not in the military and there is no such thing as leave. (You're such a stupid liar.) My phone continues to ring off the hook from two counties for my services. Oh, and BAT GUANO FOR BRAINS, none of us in Florida's public schools (the best in the country) flaunt our politics in class. There isn't time. Our standards are too high. I know it's hard for you to imagine since your under achieving public schools never took the time to teach you how to read, do math, find capitals of countries on the map, mostly because your days were filled with gender studies, global warming and a general discussion on on why YOUR LIFE SUCKS ASS. Democrat parents here keep their fcking mouths shut. Their kids are in the best schools in the country. Their kids are getting the best educational bargain of all: Best in the country with no state income tax. Wouldn't bother me if ALL those i d i o tttttt Democrats decided to move away from Florida and back to the high tax shee it holes they oozed from Yes, most of the US National Debt is clearly attributable to Republican leadership. The largest increases in deficit spending are ALWAYS created by Republican Presidents, specifically Reagan, Bush and Trump. You can’t BS your way out of that fact. Quote @reason10: “Hitler had very little to do with the Holocaust.”
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Rebound said: Yes, most of the US National Debt is clearly attributable to Republican leadership. The largest increases in deficit spending are ALWAYS created by Republican Presidents, specifically Reagan, Bush and Trump. You can’t BS your way out of that fact. That is a LIE. 70 percent of the federal budget is ENTITLEMENTS, in other words THE DEMOCRAT WELFARE STATE. Those are FACTS, and FACTS DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOUR GOOSE STEPPING FEELINGS. Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 44 minutes ago, Contrarian said: Good man, make sure you don't rant to the students. I want you to be able to keep your job so you can come back here for us to argue. I went to school in Europe. And Florida is not even in the top 15 as many have tried to reason with you via documentation. The moe rons who make those state lists are from inferior blue states. Like anyone is going to take them seriously. So far I haven't seen any RELIABLE documentation. As far as RELIABLE SOURCES: https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/governor-ron-desantis-proves-once-again-florida-is-the-education-state.stml Florida Department of Education’s 2020 Accomplishments Investing in Florida’s Students At the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida became the first state to completely eliminate common core by creating and adopting Florida’s B.E.S.T. (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking) Standards. These standards, created by over 100 Florida education experts with a combined experience of over 1,500 years, improves the quality of curriculum, streamlines testing, prioritizes civics, and outlines a pathway for Florida to become the most literate state in the nation by bringing Florida’s standards back to the basics and building a foundation, starting with our earliest learners. Secured a total commitment of $21.5 billion ranging from Florida’s early learners through postsecondary students. Notably the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), supporting K-12 public education, increased by a total of $641 million, including giving districts greater spending flexibility with a $137 total per student funding increase that includes a significant increase of $40 per student in the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Secured a $9.9 million increase for Voluntary Prekindergarten, the highest BSA since 2011-12 and first increase since 2014-15, for a total of $412 million Secured a $20.3 million funding increase for our public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities, representing a historic total investment of over $124 million. Increasing Student Achievement and Measuring What Matters Florida’s education system moved up from 4th to 3rd in the nation in the Quality Counts national ranking for K-12 Achievement. Florida continues to have the 3rd highest Advanced Placement (AP) student success rate and the 3rd highest improvement rate over the last 10 years. Florida ranked 2nd nationwide on the Parent Power Index by the Center for Education Reform. Florida’s 2018-2019 graduation rate continued to climb to an all-time high of 86.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2017-18 and a jump of 27.7% points since 2003-04. Additionally, students with disabilities also reached an all-time high of 80.6%. As part of Florida’s CARES Act plan, $8 million in funding has been provided to offer public high school students the opportunity to take the ACT or SAT assessment at no charge to them during the 2020-21 school year. It is expected that over 200,000 students will take these assessments in spring 2021 during a school day in order to qualify for admission to a postsecondary institution and/or qualify for a Bright Futures scholarship. Announced massive enhancements to the KnowYourSchools portal that will make it easier for families to access information on school- and district-level educational outcomes. Additionally, enhanced the VAM Visualization Tool with additional functionality based on user feedback. A public-facing site was developed that can be used in conjunction with Know Your Schools to get even more information on school performance. A statewide teacher search report was created to assist district and school administrators with recruitment, retention, and to ensure that their most fragile schools are staffed with the highest-performing teachers available. Surgical, Not Sweeping Response to COVID-19 Completed Helped school districts move to distance learning and hosted over 75 live webinars throughout COVID-19 to ensure Florida’s students could continue receiving a world-class education. The Florida Education Foundation Awarded $300,000 in Distance Learning Mini-grants to 44 public schools, school districts and non-profit organizations to support and create innovative solutions for distance learning during the spring and summer semesters. Provided more than 32,000 laptops to 34 small and rural school districts to quickly serve Florida’s students as they transitioned to distance learning. The Florida College System (FCS), State University System (SUS), and private institutions across the state announced more than 130 ventilators have been donated to local hospitals, community medical centers and other facilities. Additionally the FCS, SUS and other private institutions donated, tens of thousands of boxes containing gloves, masks – including N95 masks – gowns, caps, shoe slippers and other PPE supplies to assist medical personnel as they care for patients, and food pantries and other social services available for students. Provided comprehensive distance learning resources in partnership with Florida Virtual School to ensure students continue learning while school campuses were closed and created best practices for distance learning throughout the state which was shared directly with more than 2+ million parents, and a complete best practices guide for distance learning, which they shared with 175,000+ teachers. Additionally, Florida Virtual School Provided 100 free digital course to all Florida schools. Issued Emergency Order 2020-05 and Executive Order 20-212 that extends the deadline for students graduating in the 2019-20 school year to earn the minimum qualifying SAT or ACT score to earn a Bright Futures scholarship until December 1, 2020. Supported the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to distribute Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) for households with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to pandemic-related school closures. Increased and expedited access to child care services for 26,000 children of ?rst responders and health care professionals. 87% of these children were new enrollments. Over 4,000 eligible early learning/child care providers, received a monthly incentive of $500 per child for a total of almost $77 million. Allowed VPK Flexible Innovative Options, in alignment with school district reopening plans, for 447 private and public school providers with 8,360 children to ensure that VPK programs are open to enable learning to continue and for parents to be able to rejoin the workforce. Governor Ron DeSantis and Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced recommendations for local communities to consider as they planned to re-open safe and healthy schools. This extensive, 140 page plan outlines the nearly $475 million in state directed education financial assistance provided to Florida through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In total, more than $2 billion in education-related aid was provided through the CARES Act. Created the #COVIDStopsWithMe Toolkit designed to assist Florida’s education family in lowering the impact in Florida’s education institutions and slowing the spread of COVID-19. This guidance and tools helped all of Florida’s education institutions make decisions, protect their students and staff, and communicate with their local communities. For the fall semester, Issued Emergency Order 2020-EO-06 to ensure all Florida schools could re-open five days a week to serve students that choose to receive an in-person education, and created new innovative options for families to have the choice to decide what worked best for the health and safety of their student and family, while also ensuring the full panoply of services that protected Florida’s most vulnerable students. Chancellor of the K-12 Division of Public Schools at Florida Department of Education fought tirelessly as a member of the Florida State High School Athletic Association (FSHAA) Board to ensure sports could and would continue in the fall and spring of 2020 as Florida school districts reopened. Published Emergency Order 2020 – EO-07 for the spring semester, which expands upon the critical flexibility and assurances outlined in FDOE Order No. 2020-EO-06 - Reopening K-12 Schools, and continues full parental choice. Additionally, extending the deadline for teachers to obtain their reading Endorsement to June 30, 2021 from December 31, 2020 (EO-02). Elevating and Celebrating Educators Marked 2020 as “The Year of the Teacher” with a bold step to move Florida to #5 in the nation in terms of minimum teacher pay with an historic $500 million pay increase for teachers to increase their minimum base salary to $47,500 and raise salaries of Florida’s veteran teachers (HB 641 and HB 5001). Allocated $2.7 million for teacher professional development to help our educators become experts in Florida’s new Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. Hired 21 statewide regional literacy directors serving 16 regions throughout the state, an integral component to increase reading proficiency to 90% through the CARES Act. Covered the $850,000 cost to provide all educators with liability insurance to allow them to focus on doing what matters most – educating and inspiring their students to succeed in life. Secured $10 million to certify educators to teach computer science courses, and to provide bonuses to teachers who hold educator certificates or industry certifications in computer science. Continued the Federal School Improvement Grant funding to give highly effective and effective state teachers in D and F rated schools a recruiting allocation of $15,000 or $7,500, respectively. Provided Florida teachers a free fee waiver for teacher certifications that resulted in almost 125,000 free teacher certification exams, saving stakeholders more than $16 million to ease the financial and professional stress on Florida’s teachers. Additionally, the Department delayed teacher certification test requirements and will provide teachers with the opportunity to take those tests at no cost, so far eliminating the test costs for more than 22,000 teachers. Offered teacher training to prepare for online learning environments in the event of school closures, with a $200 stipend to teachers who completed the training through Florida Virtual School. Hit a major milestone, by lowering the operation time to process teacher certifications to less than 20 days to complete the teacher certification process, the lowest since 2009. In 2021, the Department will be implementing additional professional development resources at no additional charge to FTCE examinees in order to help prepare for and pass teacher certification exams. Prioritizing Educational Choice Options for Florida’s Families and Students Expanded access to educational choice opportunities, while continuing to prioritize low-income families to ensure a world-class education is in reach for every student regardless of race, zip code or socio-economic status for school choice programs like the Family Empowerment Scholarship and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (HB 7067). Increased the Family Empowerment Scholarship maximum enrollment cap to allow 47,000 students to benefit from Florida’s world-class school choice options (HB 7067). Fully funded the Gardiner Scholarship Program and its waitlist of 3,000 students at $190 million delivering on the commitment to our most vulnerable students with unique abilities. Provided 15,000 public school students in grades 3-5 with access to Reading Scholarship Accounts with $7.6 million to improve their literacy skills and ensure they read on grade level as they matriculate through middle and high school. Competitively awarded $78 million grant from the federal Charter Schools Program to support the start-up of new charter schools over the next five years, as well as provide technical assistance to charter operators and their school district sponsors. Waived the common placement requirements for college students wishing to participate in dual enrollment courses, allowing students who met the GPA requirements to participate in fall dual enrollment, and also waived the developmental education course allowing students to demonstrate their readiness for college through alternative methods. Adopted an amendment through the State Board of Education that allows students to use a passing score on the FSA Geometry EOC as a comparative score as yet another way for students to satisfy the Algebra 1 EOC graduation requirement. Aligning Education to the Goals of Lifelong Learning, Civic Literacy and Support for our Military Completed the Florida civics standards review at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis. Developed Florida’s Holocaust Standards. (SB 1628 and HB 1213). Revitalized and prioritized the Commissioner’s African American History Task Force and Holocaust Education Task Force. Extended the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program that will assist selected school districts in implementing comprehensive music education programs for students in kindergarten through second grade (HB 156). Received $60 million in additional funding to serve children and families on the School Readiness Waitlist and $50 million to increase payments to School Readiness providers in selected areas. Florida was awarded one of the highly competitive Preschool Development Renewal grant. This grant provides an additional $13.4 million in funding each year for three years to build on existing framework and infrastructure to increase the quality, alignment and efficiency of Florida's early childhood care and education mixed-delivery system of programs and services. Launched the statewide Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) which will expand speech and debate programs throughout the state and engage students in civil discussions with the Legislature's support of $925,000 and a $5 million multi-year commitment from the Marcus Foundation (HB 5001). Since FCDI’s inception, Florida has seen an increase of 83% in the number of students participating in speech and debate. Ensured that service members and veterans are able to earn a degree conveniently and efficiently by implementing a process to award postsecondary credit for training and education acquired during their military career at each of Florida’s public colleges and universities will help our heroes transition back to civilian life (HB 171). Modified school district residency requirements to accommodate military families with greater flexibility to enroll in school will give families peace of mind and make their transition to Florida easier (SB 662). Nearly 900 veterans, active military personnel, and their spouses registered for free FTCE exams under the Don Hahnfeldt Veteran and Military Family Opportunity Act of 2018. Under this program, almost 1,500 free FTCE exams have been administered, saving military personnel, veterans and their families $206,220 this year alone. Established the ability for military members or veterans of the United States armed forces to receive postsecondary credit or clock hours for prior military experience. 2 Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 Just now, reason10 said: The moe rons who make those state lists are from inferior blue states. Like anyone is going to take them seriously. So far I haven't seen any RELIABLE documentation. As far as RELIABLE SOURCES: https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/governor-ron-desantis-proves-once-again-florida-is-the-education-state.stml Florida Department of Education’s 2020 Accomplishments Investing in Florida’s Students At the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida became the first state to completely eliminate common core by creating and adopting Florida’s B.E.S.T. (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking) Standards. These standards, created by over 100 Florida education experts with a combined experience of over 1,500 years, improves the quality of curriculum, streamlines testing, prioritizes civics, and outlines a pathway for Florida to become the most literate state in the nation by bringing Florida’s standards back to the basics and building a foundation, starting with our earliest learners. Secured a total commitment of $21.5 billion ranging from Florida’s early learners through postsecondary students. Notably the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), supporting K-12 public education, increased by a total of $641 million, including giving districts greater spending flexibility with a $137 total per student funding increase that includes a significant increase of $40 per student in the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Secured a $9.9 million increase for Voluntary Prekindergarten, the highest BSA since 2011-12 and first increase since 2014-15, for a total of $412 million Secured a $20.3 million funding increase for our public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities, representing a historic total investment of over $124 million. Increasing Student Achievement and Measuring What Matters Florida’s education system moved up from 4th to 3rd in the nation in the Quality Counts national ranking for K-12 Achievement. Florida continues to have the 3rd highest Advanced Placement (AP) student success rate and the 3rd highest improvement rate over the last 10 years. Florida ranked 2nd nationwide on the Parent Power Index by the Center for Education Reform. Florida’s 2018-2019 graduation rate continued to climb to an all-time high of 86.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2017-18 and a jump of 27.7% points since 2003-04. Additionally, students with disabilities also reached an all-time high of 80.6%. As part of Florida’s CARES Act plan, $8 million in funding has been provided to offer public high school students the opportunity to take the ACT or SAT assessment at no charge to them during the 2020-21 school year. It is expected that over 200,000 students will take these assessments in spring 2021 during a school day in order to qualify for admission to a postsecondary institution and/or qualify for a Bright Futures scholarship. Announced massive enhancements to the KnowYourSchools portal that will make it easier for families to access information on school- and district-level educational outcomes. Additionally, enhanced the VAM Visualization Tool with additional functionality based on user feedback. A public-facing site was developed that can be used in conjunction with Know Your Schools to get even more information on school performance. A statewide teacher search report was created to assist district and school administrators with recruitment, retention, and to ensure that their most fragile schools are staffed with the highest-performing teachers available. Surgical, Not Sweeping Response to COVID-19 Completed Helped school districts move to distance learning and hosted over 75 live webinars throughout COVID-19 to ensure Florida’s students could continue receiving a world-class education. The Florida Education Foundation Awarded $300,000 in Distance Learning Mini-grants to 44 public schools, school districts and non-profit organizations to support and create innovative solutions for distance learning during the spring and summer semesters. Provided more than 32,000 laptops to 34 small and rural school districts to quickly serve Florida’s students as they transitioned to distance learning. The Florida College System (FCS), State University System (SUS), and private institutions across the state announced more than 130 ventilators have been donated to local hospitals, community medical centers and other facilities. Additionally the FCS, SUS and other private institutions donated, tens of thousands of boxes containing gloves, masks – including N95 masks – gowns, caps, shoe slippers and other PPE supplies to assist medical personnel as they care for patients, and food pantries and other social services available for students. Provided comprehensive distance learning resources in partnership with Florida Virtual School to ensure students continue learning while school campuses were closed and created best practices for distance learning throughout the state which was shared directly with more than 2+ million parents, and a complete best practices guide for distance learning, which they shared with 175,000+ teachers. Additionally, Florida Virtual School Provided 100 free digital course to all Florida schools. Issued Emergency Order 2020-05 and Executive Order 20-212 that extends the deadline for students graduating in the 2019-20 school year to earn the minimum qualifying SAT or ACT score to earn a Bright Futures scholarship until December 1, 2020. Supported the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to distribute Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) for households with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to pandemic-related school closures. Increased and expedited access to child care services for 26,000 children of ?rst responders and health care professionals. 87% of these children were new enrollments. Over 4,000 eligible early learning/child care providers, received a monthly incentive of $500 per child for a total of almost $77 million. Allowed VPK Flexible Innovative Options, in alignment with school district reopening plans, for 447 private and public school providers with 8,360 children to ensure that VPK programs are open to enable learning to continue and for parents to be able to rejoin the workforce. Governor Ron DeSantis and Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced recommendations for local communities to consider as they planned to re-open safe and healthy schools. This extensive, 140 page plan outlines the nearly $475 million in state directed education financial assistance provided to Florida through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In total, more than $2 billion in education-related aid was provided through the CARES Act. Created the #COVIDStopsWithMe Toolkit designed to assist Florida’s education family in lowering the impact in Florida’s education institutions and slowing the spread of COVID-19. This guidance and tools helped all of Florida’s education institutions make decisions, protect their students and staff, and communicate with their local communities. For the fall semester, Issued Emergency Order 2020-EO-06 to ensure all Florida schools could re-open five days a week to serve students that choose to receive an in-person education, and created new innovative options for families to have the choice to decide what worked best for the health and safety of their student and family, while also ensuring the full panoply of services that protected Florida’s most vulnerable students. Chancellor of the K-12 Division of Public Schools at Florida Department of Education fought tirelessly as a member of the Florida State High School Athletic Association (FSHAA) Board to ensure sports could and would continue in the fall and spring of 2020 as Florida school districts reopened. Published Emergency Order 2020 – EO-07 for the spring semester, which expands upon the critical flexibility and assurances outlined in FDOE Order No. 2020-EO-06 - Reopening K-12 Schools, and continues full parental choice. Additionally, extending the deadline for teachers to obtain their reading Endorsement to June 30, 2021 from December 31, 2020 (EO-02). Elevating and Celebrating Educators Marked 2020 as “The Year of the Teacher” with a bold step to move Florida to #5 in the nation in terms of minimum teacher pay with an historic $500 million pay increase for teachers to increase their minimum base salary to $47,500 and raise salaries of Florida’s veteran teachers (HB 641 and HB 5001). Allocated $2.7 million for teacher professional development to help our educators become experts in Florida’s new Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. Hired 21 statewide regional literacy directors serving 16 regions throughout the state, an integral component to increase reading proficiency to 90% through the CARES Act. Covered the $850,000 cost to provide all educators with liability insurance to allow them to focus on doing what matters most – educating and inspiring their students to succeed in life. Secured $10 million to certify educators to teach computer science courses, and to provide bonuses to teachers who hold educator certificates or industry certifications in computer science. Continued the Federal School Improvement Grant funding to give highly effective and effective state teachers in D and F rated schools a recruiting allocation of $15,000 or $7,500, respectively. Provided Florida teachers a free fee waiver for teacher certifications that resulted in almost 125,000 free teacher certification exams, saving stakeholders more than $16 million to ease the financial and professional stress on Florida’s teachers. Additionally, the Department delayed teacher certification test requirements and will provide teachers with the opportunity to take those tests at no cost, so far eliminating the test costs for more than 22,000 teachers. Offered teacher training to prepare for online learning environments in the event of school closures, with a $200 stipend to teachers who completed the training through Florida Virtual School. Hit a major milestone, by lowering the operation time to process teacher certifications to less than 20 days to complete the teacher certification process, the lowest since 2009. In 2021, the Department will be implementing additional professional development resources at no additional charge to FTCE examinees in order to help prepare for and pass teacher certification exams. Prioritizing Educational Choice Options for Florida’s Families and Students Expanded access to educational choice opportunities, while continuing to prioritize low-income families to ensure a world-class education is in reach for every student regardless of race, zip code or socio-economic status for school choice programs like the Family Empowerment Scholarship and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (HB 7067). Increased the Family Empowerment Scholarship maximum enrollment cap to allow 47,000 students to benefit from Florida’s world-class school choice options (HB 7067). Fully funded the Gardiner Scholarship Program and its waitlist of 3,000 students at $190 million delivering on the commitment to our most vulnerable students with unique abilities. Provided 15,000 public school students in grades 3-5 with access to Reading Scholarship Accounts with $7.6 million to improve their literacy skills and ensure they read on grade level as they matriculate through middle and high school. Competitively awarded $78 million grant from the federal Charter Schools Program to support the start-up of new charter schools over the next five years, as well as provide technical assistance to charter operators and their school district sponsors. Waived the common placement requirements for college students wishing to participate in dual enrollment courses, allowing students who met the GPA requirements to participate in fall dual enrollment, and also waived the developmental education course allowing students to demonstrate their readiness for college through alternative methods. Adopted an amendment through the State Board of Education that allows students to use a passing score on the FSA Geometry EOC as a comparative score as yet another way for students to satisfy the Algebra 1 EOC graduation requirement. Aligning Education to the Goals of Lifelong Learning, Civic Literacy and Support for our Military Completed the Florida civics standards review at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis. Developed Florida’s Holocaust Standards. (SB 1628 and HB 1213). Revitalized and prioritized the Commissioner’s African American History Task Force and Holocaust Education Task Force. Extended the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program that will assist selected school districts in implementing comprehensive music education programs for students in kindergarten through second grade (HB 156). Received $60 million in additional funding to serve children and families on the School Readiness Waitlist and $50 million to increase payments to School Readiness providers in selected areas. Florida was awarded one of the highly competitive Preschool Development Renewal grant. This grant provides an additional $13.4 million in funding each year for three years to build on existing framework and infrastructure to increase the quality, alignment and efficiency of Florida's early childhood care and education mixed-delivery system of programs and services. Launched the statewide Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) which will expand speech and debate programs throughout the state and engage students in civil discussions with the Legislature's support of $925,000 and a $5 million multi-year commitment from the Marcus Foundation (HB 5001). Since FCDI’s inception, Florida has seen an increase of 83% in the number of students participating in speech and debate. Ensured that service members and veterans are able to earn a degree conveniently and efficiently by implementing a process to award postsecondary credit for training and education acquired during their military career at each of Florida’s public colleges and universities will help our heroes transition back to civilian life (HB 171). Modified school district residency requirements to accommodate military families with greater flexibility to enroll in school will give families peace of mind and make their transition to Florida easier (SB 662). Nearly 900 veterans, active military personnel, and their spouses registered for free FTCE exams under the Don Hahnfeldt Veteran and Military Family Opportunity Act of 2018. Under this program, almost 1,500 free FTCE exams have been administered, saving military personnel, veterans and their families $206,220 this year alone. Established the ability for military members or veterans of the United States armed forces to receive postsecondary credit or clock hours for prior military experience. https://www.flgov.com/2022/12/12/florida-ranked-1-in-nation-for-parent-involvement-in-education/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s ranking as the number one state in the country for parent empowerment, according to the Center for Education Reform’s Parent Power! Index. The annual Parent Power! Index debuted in 1999 and measures the extent to which states have policies in place that put students first, value the unique needs of every family, and empower parents to oversee their child’s education. Each state was ranked using three criteria: choice programs, charter schools, and innovation. Overall, Florida scored 94.6%, leading all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more on the index and methodology, click here. “Parental involvement is important to a child’s success both in school and in life, and in Florida we are proud to protect parents’ right to be involved in a child’s education,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “This recognition continues to show that Florida is a national leader in school choice, parent empowerment, and education as a whole.” “Florida will always protect the right of parents to raise their children how they best see fit,” said Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. “We are proud to offer a variety of educational options for parents without limitations due to location or income. As the rest of the nation follows the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Department of Education will continue to support initiatives that uphold parental rights and expand school choice.” Florida Rankings by Category #1 in nation for digital and personalized learning #1 in nation for choice programs #2 in nation for charter schools #3 in nation for teacher quality Florida also received high scores for leadership, COVID-19 response, and transparency For the full 2022 Parent Power! Index Report, click here. In addition to today’s recognition, Florida ranked number one in the nation on the Heritage Foundation Education Freedom report card, which analyzes both the quantity and quality of a state’s school choice offerings. Nearly half of Florida students have chosen an educational option outside of their zoned traditional public school, such as open enrollment, Family Empowerment Scholarships, charter schools, virtual education, vouchers, education savings accounts, and more. To see the full Heritage Foundation Education Freedom report card, click here. Florida is ranked tops in the nation by those who matter, by those who know. 1 Quote
reason10 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Report Posted January 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, Contrarian said: Good man, make sure you don't rant to the students. I want you to be able to keep your job so you can come back here for us to argue. I went to school in Europe. And Florida is not even in the top 15 as many have tried to reason with you via documentation. I know there are some liberal teachers in Florida. (Broward County is lousy with them, and reaches down to blue state levels in its quality of education.) I subbed for ONE social studies teacher who had a BlackLivesMatter sticker on the inside of his desk. (No different that having a KKK or a Swastika displayed.) There was NOTHING racist in his presentation. And the racist/terrorist BLM label was not in full view by the students. I subbed for one high school math teacher who had an almost life sized Obama poster on her wall. (She might as well have had a poster of Adolf Hitler.) Again ZERO politics in the lesson. And I don't want politics in the lesson. I want EDUCATION to be the topic all day long. The kids have the rest of the day to have their minds poisoned by CNN, THE VIEW, and other Nazi rags. While they are in my classroom, their minds have to be on the lesson plan. That's all ANY of us want. Quote
Rebound Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, reason10 said: That is a LIE. 70 percent of the federal budget is ENTITLEMENTS, in other words THE DEMOCRAT WELFARE STATE. Those are FACTS, and FACTS DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOUR GOOSE STEPPING FEELINGS. It is not a lie. In the first place, you don’t know what you’re talking about when you say that 70 percent of the Federal Budget is entitlements. That’s just you now knowing what the F you’re talking about. You heard it from a commentator and you believe it’s true, but that doesn’t make it true. Go to Treasury.gov and read the data from the primary source. Second, the deficit data is correct. Again, go to treasury.gov and learn from the primary source instead of the right wing commentators who feed you BS. You might learn something. You keep talking about facts. Facts come from primary sources, and the primary source of the US Federal Budget is the US Treasury Department. Anything else is secondary, tertiary, or worse. Edited January 20, 2023 by Rebound 1 Quote @reason10: “Hitler had very little to do with the Holocaust.”
West Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 Registered Democrats should be paying out reparations Quote
robosmith Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 6 hours ago, reason10 said: You illegally elected a pedophile racist and you lecture me about the vote police? How long have you been this stupid and ignorant. Your GOOSE STEPPING Nazis created that TAX THE ACHIEVERS thread. What's the problem? The balance isn't what you want? (Obviously, your underachieving BLUE STATE schools never taught you about the existence of the Constitution.) ^Can't tell THE DIFFERENCE between PARTY AFFILIATION, and BENEFITTING from US policies AND ABILITY TO PAY. AKA income level. IOW, you're a PARTISAN HACK. Thanks for (further) PROVING THAT. Quote
reason10 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Report Posted January 21, 2023 18 hours ago, Rebound said: It is not a lie. In the first place, you don’t know what you’re talking about when you say that 70 percent of the Federal Budget is entitlements. That’s just you now knowing what the F you’re talking about. You heard it from a commentator and you believe it’s true, but that doesn’t make it true. Go to Treasury.gov and read the data from the primary source. Second, the deficit data is correct. Again, go to treasury.gov and learn from the primary source instead of the right wing commentators who feed you BS. You might learn something. You keep talking about facts. Facts come from primary sources, and the primary source of the US Federal Budget is the US Treasury Department. Anything else is secondary, tertiary, or worse. https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/us-government-payments-to-individuals-70-of-budget/ Buried deep in a section of President Obama's budget, released this week, is an eye-opening fact: This year, 70% of all the money the federal government spends will be in the form of direct payments to individuals, an all-time high. In effect, the government has become primarily a massive money-transfer machine, taking $2.6 trillion from some and handing it back out to others. These government transfers now account for 15% of GDP, another all-time high. In 1991, direct payments accounted for less than half the budget and 10% of GDP. What's more, the cost of these direct payments is exploding. Even after adjusting for inflation, they've shot up 29% under Obama. ObamaCare, Medicare... Where do these checks go? The biggest chunk, 38.6%, goes to pay health bills, either through Medicare, Medicaid or ObamaCare. A third goes out in the form of Social Security checks. Only 21% goes toward poverty programs — or "income security" as it's labeled in the budget — and a mere 5% ends up in the hands of veterans. https://www.crfb.org/blogs/does-entitlement-spending-constitute-71-percent-budget You lose again. Quote
Rebound Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 10 hours ago, reason10 said: https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/us-government-payments-to-individuals-70-of-budget/ Buried deep in a section of President Obama's budget, released this week, is an eye-opening fact: This year, 70% of all the money the federal government spends will be in the form of direct payments to individuals, an all-time high. In effect, the government has become primarily a massive money-transfer machine, taking $2.6 trillion from some and handing it back out to others. These government transfers now account for 15% of GDP, another all-time high. In 1991, direct payments accounted for less than half the budget and 10% of GDP. What's more, the cost of these direct payments is exploding. Even after adjusting for inflation, they've shot up 29% under Obama. ObamaCare, Medicare... Where do these checks go? The biggest chunk, 38.6%, goes to pay health bills, either through Medicare, Medicaid or ObamaCare. A third goes out in the form of Social Security checks. Only 21% goes toward poverty programs — or "income security" as it's labeled in the budget — and a mere 5% ends up in the hands of veterans. https://www.crfb.org/blogs/does-entitlement-spending-constitute-71-percent-budget You lose again. You’re lying. You left out debt service. The article you linked lists it but you left it out. In other words, you’re lying. Quote @reason10: “Hitler had very little to do with the Holocaust.”
reason10 Posted January 22, 2023 Author Report Posted January 22, 2023 13 hours ago, Rebound said: You’re lying. You left out debt service. The article you linked lists it but you left it out. In other words, you’re lying. Investors Business Daily is the to economics/business source in the universe. They don't lie. They aren't an education service for ignoramuses like you who barely know how to read. The budget numbers INCLUDE debt service. And the Kerrey/Danforth report says that by 2030, the ENTIRE budget will be just interest on Social Security, also with 90 percent taxation across the board. That's what your goose stepping vote buying Democrats have unleashed on America. Quote
Rebound Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 7 hours ago, reason10 said: Investors Business Daily is the to economics/business source in the universe. They don't lie. They aren't an education service for ignoramuses like you who barely know how to read. The budget numbers INCLUDE debt service. And the Kerrey/Danforth report says that by 2030, the ENTIRE budget will be just interest on Social Security, also with 90 percent taxation across the board. That's what your goose stepping vote buying Democrats have unleashed on America. Well… Clinton balanced the budget, Gore would have balanced it, but Bush started trillion dollar wars and cut taxes. Then Rump spent trillions more and cut taxes more. Quote @reason10: “Hitler had very little to do with the Holocaust.”
reason10 Posted January 23, 2023 Author Report Posted January 23, 2023 17 hours ago, Rebound said: Well… Clinton balanced the budget, Gore would have balanced it, but Bush started trillion dollar wars and cut taxes. Then Rump spent trillions more and cut taxes more. KKKLinton did NOT balance the budget. The National Debt was CONTINUING TO GROW. Bush 43 INHERItTED DEFICITS AND A RECESSION. https://www.dailysignal.com/2012/09/07/two-huge-flaws-in-the-legend-of-the-clinton-economy/ The first flaw, described here and here, is that President Clinton raised taxes and the economy boomed. The flaw in the narrative is it ignores the passage of time—four years, to be exact. The timeline matters. Clinton raised taxes in 1993 just as the economy was set to take off from a recession, and instead job and wage growth sputtered for four years. The famous Clinton era boom started four years after the tax hike, in 1997, and was triggered at least in part by the Republican tax cut of that year. Four years may seem like a detail, but details like this matter. The second flaw marring the Clinton economic story is recession. President Clinton did not leave his successor a booming economy. He left President George W. Bush a recession. The recession began in March of 2001, two months after Clinton left office. Even the most rabid leftist cannot blame George Bush for the 2001 recession. It was the Clinton recession. So Bill Clinton came into office and raised taxes on an accelerating economy, and produced a lethargic economy. Republicans pushed through a tax cut in 1997 and thereby launched the famous Clinton boom. Then Clinton left his successor with a nasty recession. And from this is fashioned a legend of economic performance. Damage done on both ends and a prosperity at least shared by Republicans—and yet the legend lives on. In fact, KKKlinton left Bush 43 a ticking economy killing time bomb (besides the 911 time bomb FOUR YEARS OF WHICH OCCURRED on KKK's watch.) https://reason.com/2012/10/14/clintons-legacy-the-financial-and-housin/ Clinton, however, sowed the seeds of the Great Recession by helping to inflate the housing bubble, a key part of the financial debacle of 2007. But this wasn't because he (not George W. Bush) signed two financial deregulation bills. Although Clinton legalized interstate banking in 1994 and commercial/investment banking combinations in 1999, that had nothing to do with the meltdown. Then why is Clinton culpable? Because his secretary of housing and urban development, Andrew Cuomo, current governor of New York and a likely 2016 presidential aspirant, accelerated easy-housing policies and inflated the housing bubble, setting the stage for its collapse. The meltdown was the consequence of a combination of the easy money and low interest rates engineered by the Federal Reserve and the easy housing engineered by a variety of government agencies and policies. Those agencies include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and two nominally private "government-sponsored enterprises" (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The agencies — along with laws such as the Community Reinvestment Act (passed in the 1970s, then fortified in the Clinton years), which required banks to make loans to people with poor and nonexistent credit histories — made widespread homeownership a national goal. This all led to a home-buying frenzy and an explosion of subprime and other non-prime mortgages, which banks and GSEs bundled into dubious securities and peddled to investors worldwide. Hovering in the background was the knowledge that the federal government would bail out troubled "too-big-to-fail" financial corporations, including Fannie and Freddie. Trump inherited a DISASTER economy from Obama. https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/09/10/trump_inherited_a_meek_economy_and_made_it_roar_576881.html#! By contrast, during Obama’s second term, with more people unemployed than job openings, workers competed fiercely with one another for jobs—and wage growth never hit 3 percent. Under Trump, with abundant job openings and fewer people unemployed, employers began competing for workers—and wages rose. In August 2018, year-over-year wage growth exceeded 3 percent for the first time in nearly a decade. Wage growth stayed at or above 3 percent for the next 20 months, until the pandemic. Second, under Trump, abundant job openings combined with rising wages drove an increase in the number of people working and actively looking for work. During Obama’s second term, with limited job opportunities and stagnant wages, the percentage of Americans in the labor force declined, from 63.7 percent to 62.7 percent. Some of those dropping out of the labor force were retiring Baby Boomers; others were simply discouraged. Under Trump, abundant job openings and increasing wages reversed that trend. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2019, 74.2 percent of workers entering employment came from out of the labor force rather than from the ranks of the unemployed—the highest share since 1990, when the government began reporting the data. As a result, labor-force participation increased from the 62.7 percent Trump inherited to 63.4 percent in February of 2020. I can't believe there are STILL a small number of moe rons who actually believe ANY Democrat was good for the economy. The WORST economies were ALL due to the policies of the last four Democrat presidents. By the way, BAT GUANO FOR BRAINS, the LAST time the budget was balanced was in 1969, during the NIXON administration. At that time the VIETNAM WAR caused defense spending to be at the top of the list. Around 1980 Medicare and other welfare programs pushed ENTITLEMENTS to anywhere from 60 to 70 percent of the budget. And because entitlement spending is on automatic increase, a president cannot cut that spending. Quote
Deluge Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 1:01 PM, Contrarian said: How about Rich Republicans? Rich Independents? I assume you SHOULD have a court going to decide who is which? You SHOULD be the judge and decide? SATIRE or maybe not: Now I understand why they placed you on leave in Florida, with such ideas, you probably got a lot of complaints eh, from Democratic parents? Not even DeSantis could have saved you. ? Always a pleasure master Reason x 10. It's really quite simple: You increase taxes on anyone who asks for higher taxes. That way, everyone wins. Quote
reason10 Posted January 23, 2023 Author Report Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 10:07 AM, Rebound said: Yes, most of the US National Debt is clearly attributable to Republican leadership. The largest increases in deficit spending are ALWAYS created by Republican Presidents, specifically Reagan, Bush and Trump. You can’t BS your way out of that fact. That is a LIE, and you KNOW it is a LIE. Quote
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