President Obama, along with the Democratic party, unveiled the Universal Healthcare Plan on Thursday in order to bring it to a vote this weekend. Universal healthcare, already in full swing in many countries, would cover medical costs of so many Americans (32,000,000, to be exact) who do not have health insurance because they can't afford it. From HMOs to PPOs, money grubbing independent companies cover only a portion of the population, limiting coverage to some very poor hospitals and doctors.
If this bill were to pass, democrats feel that it would pay itself off within a decade, reducing the federal budget by $138 billion! That is one hell of an estimate. This won't be resolved anytime soon, but when it passes, it's going to be one of the biggest social changes made by a presidential administration in a long time.
However, in terms of education, the Texas Board of Education voted to edit textbooks in order to make them more "conservative friendly". Everyone who approved was, you guessed it, Republican. Texas has decided to begin brainwashing their students at a young age about the grand old tradition of capitalism, being gung-ho about Republican beliefs, and questioning why the Founding Fathers were so secular. Since January, there have been over 100 amendments to a 120 page curriculum standards of teaching history, sociology and economics from elementary to high school grades, all of which were composed by teachers.
Brought to the attention of the Board of Education is how many Hispanic people are citizens of the state of Texas. Some citizens moved to have public figures recognized, however this was denied. A woman was quoted, "They can just pretend this is a white America and Hispanics don’t exist." In addition, the firm scientific theory of stout conservatives was also added to the curriculum. Welcome aboard the biology train, Creationism! Students: climb aboard if you have questions about sexual education!
So at the beginning of today's entry we were one step forward, but at the end, we are now thirty steps backward.
Let's just make one rule clear: no dirty fighting, ok?
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