Single-parent

[The2ndWheel]

It would work the same way as single-payer health care. One eliminates the need for insurance companies, the other eliminates the need for parents.

Just think how many issues that follow us around on a daily basis are the result of the emotional, mental, physical, and financial bond between parent and child. That relationship is as inefficient as the insurance company/citizen relationship.

You give tax breaks to not have children. You can even just give every adult in society $1 billion to not have children, and it would be cheaper than all the Wall St. bailouts. How do you replace the population? Anonymous sperm and egg donations, if that's even needed.

So what happens to the children? They all go to(or are born in) various state-of-the-art state-run facilities across the country for 18-22(or more) years. That way, every child starts from the same place. They all exist within the same environment, which is one of the main problems with public education as it is today. The advantage of it would be that there isn't a separation between school and home. There also wouldn't be the inefficient relationship between teacher and parent, because there would be no parents, except the for the people that chose to serve in parenthood. Not only are those people able to choose that responsibility, but they're also paid to do it. They could even form a Parent Union. Professional parents. A better idea than leaving it all up to chance, with the result that the child may never have a chance.

What happens to the adults? They live in an adult world. With the savings from single-payer, and single-parent, there would be plenty of opportunity to enjoy life.

It's obviously all paid for in taxes, just like single-payer health care. It's all regulated. There are no private schools, there are no homeschoolers. Those act in the same manner as insurance companies, by diverting funds in every which direction.

Crazy idea, or the future? It's just an thought. We could even get into a single-employer brainstorm party if need be.

[My Good Babushka]

1. I have no idea

what the hell you are talking about. Are you trying to argue against universal healthcare?

[The2ndWheel]

2. No

But if one thing is universal, then everything has to be universal. Sort of built into the word.

I was just thinking about all the education discussions that have come up lately. Teachers blame parents. Parents blame teachers. The various environments that each child has to live in, but is not responsible for. How do you solve those problems?

The solution to health care is to take out the for-profit insurance companies, and allow every citizen access to what they need.

Is the solution to education to take out the various viewpoints of diverse parents, and allow every child access to the same education that society requires them to have in order to be productive citizens?

[My Good Babushka]

3. I would be for a standardized

national curriculum, to be sure. Take out all these ridiculous, overpriced text books, remove regional "pet sciences" like creationism, and get down to business.