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Reconciliation: Disdain For The Public, Disregard For Democracy

Charles1759 Wrote: Mar 12, 2010 1:58 PM

It is not that we are stupid, our educators are smart and likely to find other jobs but with 8,500 teacher's layoff's expected shortly we are heading downhill in a fire bucket. Schools unable to be supported by states closing half their schools (NY schools closing down because of non-performance issues), Alabama laid off 631 teachers in the city of Montgomery and more planned to layoff within weeks. Many expenditures are unable to be paid for as was once planned, charter schools has become a fallacy. This thing called C-H-A-N-G-E has hurt educators, educated, just as much as those being educated whom are unable to continue to pay for their own transport to school. Most of the money the Feds has allocated for Education will have to be...

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Reconciliation: Disdain For The Public, Disregard For Democracy

The legislative tactic known as “reconciliation” uses a soothing word to mask an ugly reality. Far from the dictionary definition of “restoring to friendship and harmony,” the Congressional term “reconciliation” suggests the spurning of cooperation and the brute use of partisan power. Worst of all, in the case of Obamacare, it also involves a dangerous, destructive violation of democratic principle.

The original idea of reconciliation, first employed in 1980, involved desperate efforts during the Carter era to bring the exploding federal deficit under control –a goal embraced by both political parties. As the New York Times described it (March 7, 2010):...

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