Plans for Slashing Corporate Taxes Worry Some Firms - WSJ.com

NANNY STATE QUESTION: Plans for Slashing Corporate Taxes Worry Some Firms - WSJ.com

Question:
(re: the poor state of education in the US)

Maybe the "teachers" at home are not doing their job?

Answer:

It would certainly seem as though that's the idea of the "nanny-state" - i.e. no one needs to be responsible for themselves - it's always someone else's fault.

It's the nemesis behind the idea of "entitlement". Is it the entitlement to the 'opportunity' or to the 'outcome'.

I know in California, the teachers union believed in the 'outcome'; and, the same is endemic in the idea of 'social promotion' - where, to not make kids feel bad in 2nd and 3rd grades (for example), the kids are allowed to move ahead with their age group, even if they haven't mastered the rudiments of reading and writing. As a result, the kids are lost as they move up in grades, because they lack some basic skills.

All well-meaning parts of the liberal agenda - but, screwed up in practice.

We will have to see how it all plays out for the economy - meanwhile, how can one not expect the halting recovery?