>>As I've stated before - it's my belief that the American voter is stupid. (I'd say we have sufficient proof of this now). Considering how few Americans can even name the 3 branches of government and how little most Americans know about government in general I think the only way to fix such problems is education.
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>Agreed. Our education system is awful
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>>> With Trump's brilliant pick for Secretary of Education my hopes for that are diminishing quickly.
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>Did it occur to you that the people opposing this nominee the most vociferously are the most active actors in the system that you and I agree is awful?

...it doesn't really matter if she's not qualified for the job, she's just not qualified. Have you listened to her being questioned about education? She doesn't even know the basics.

>Did it occur to you that her lack of experience in that failing system might be her best quality?

No that's insane. I would want a person who knows something about public education to be in charge of public education.