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Janet Adams's avatar

Non-profit hospitals do abuse their status but the profit hospitals are 100x worse. Universal health care is the answer.

We need Pre-K for all and universal education for any chosen path after high school.

I do take exception to bad mouthing a university education. This is 2025 and there is nothing wrong with everyone gaining a college education because its for democracy not just a job. There is the issue. University education is for a 2025 society not just degraded to a jobs only institution.

The republicans who scream accountability want un-accountable charter schools to teach our kids. When Jeb started that crap - I thought this is the beginning of the end.

These so called "fiscal hawks" waste money like it's water.

Interesting fact from AP News : It would take someone making $85,000 more than 1,900 years to make as much as the highest paid CEO in this year’s AP CEO compensation survey.

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Janet Adams's avatar

OMG, this is horrible. We have to give the Dems in this state a chance to correct the course. They want the next generation only able to cut lawns, run a register, and clean houses. Nothing wrong with that. We all have to do it. Without education, we have no choices.

If people are not exposed to new ideas they can not challenge the ultra wealthy and their gas lighting.

We all know that capitalism unregulated is a complete failure. They can not "self regulate" and do not care one red cent about this country or what the public money has done for them.

Do I agree with everything in any book - no.

There is one book everyone should read - The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. Dr. William Bill Black, former bank regulator, and lawyer.

Fraud is not acceptable - EVER. Capitalism is not saintly. Not when it leaves people starving and steals tax dollars.

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Deb's avatar

Desantis like Trump have their toadies that they pay with jobs in the government!?!

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Yes. Ben Sasse is a corrupt, worthless politician who DeSantis dumped on UF in his calculations for his failed 2024 presidential campaign.

And Yes. Santa Ono is a corrupt, worthless Woke DEI/CRT Marxist academic administrator who the corrupt, worthless Woke DEI/CRT Marxist presidential search committee tried to dump in UF in their calculations to retain the helm of the fetid swamp Woke DEI/CRT Marxist indoctrination camp in Gainesville.

Both are true. No heroes in this story. No victims. All craven, corrupt, political actors in this story. None of whom with an ounce of care about providing a rigorous, top-notch educational environment for learning, discovery and developing critical thinking skills worthy of the flagship academic institution in the great state of Florida.

DeSantis isn't an especially rotten or political actor in this story. All are actors who've lost the plot, advancing agendas the parents and students and future employers don't agree with or desire in their educational journeys.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

The Marxist indoctrination is strong in Janet Adams. An enemy of freedom and liberty within. The real and present danger of collectivist indoctrination.

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Janet Adams's avatar

Actually - Marx was a great thinker and anyone who hasn't read his book is sorely missing a great education. Why are you so afraid of new ideas? Because quite frankly to deny me the education makes the people in charge even more suspicious to me.

We all know that capitalism unregulated is a complete failure. They can not "self regulate" and do not care one red cent about this country or what the public money has done for them.

Do I agree with everything in any book - no.

There is one book everyone should read - The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. Dr. William Bill Black, former bank regulator, and lawyer.

Fraud is not acceptable - EVER. Capitalism is not saintly. Not when it leaves people starving and steals tax dollars.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Marx was an unemployed failure and loser in life. Who strung together ideas and philosophies en vogue with the Frankfurt School of thought at the time. Shared and spread by very wealthy and powerful social engineers in league with the very same blue bloods his ideas and Engels' ideas ostensibly exist to challenge. All equal; some animals more equal than others.

Nobody speaks of denying anyone an opportunity to learn anything in denying Marxists power atop the educational system. And by doing so isn't to elevate capitalism above all other ism's. But Marxism is in direct conflict with our nation's foundational principles and contract with the people known as the US Constitution. Sadly, the educational system today has made a majority of younger minds believe passages from the Communist Manifesto are enshrined in the US Constitution. This is a problem. A very real problem. Denying that is willful ignorance.

As to my educational learnedness of the subject I have read his writings, along with the writings of his collaboration with Engels. Because I am informed and believe knowing the ideas of my adversaries is wise, knowing thy enemy and such.

Which I knew was important at a very young age. I listened to Radio Moscow regularly in the 1970's-1980's seeking to know why my nation and the USSR were adversaries, what ideas and understandings conflicted. Growing up in Miami it was easy to tune in the broadcasts from Havana. I also read the English version of Pravda and watched TASS evening news - right after Walter Cronkite told me "That's the way it is" every night.

Today I read the English language Chinese communist official news outlets, that told me more truth about Covid in 2020 than my own nation's leaders and media. And I'll regularly read news from World Socialist Web Site (WSWS). All for the same reason I listened to Radio Moscow a half century ago. Something everybody is capable of doing. Without university indoctrination funded by taxpayers. Food for thought.

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Janet Adams's avatar

That's a gross mis - interpretation of Marx - when you stand up to power aka the capitalism - no they are not going to offer you employment you LOL !!! Which is why people are afraid to speak truth to power!

Democracy is about EQUALITY and so is Marx. The contradiction is perfectly in line with our values of Democracy but the capitalism hate their workers and want us starved to almost death like slaves - remember the Old South Plantations???

Any system can be corrupt with oligarchy - that's what we have right now. I'm tired of the "fear mongering captialism" who benefit the most while the reset of us are not paid wages to even have a house, medical care, and decent food. I deserve a vacation too. So, as we can see if capitalism actually worked for all of us and IF they were responsible people, then we wouldn't be facing the crisis we have at the moment.

Yes, both parties are responsible because wall street firms make unlimited campaign contributions.

If anyone want to read Marx instead of comments in a section - then go get the book and read. Don't believe me - read it for yourselves because otherwise ladies and gentlemen do you know what you are condemning?

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Freedom Fox's avatar

I see. And understand you're a Marxist. I'm sorry for what was done to your mind by the indoctrination system. You believe in tooth fairies

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Janet Adams's avatar

Ah the name calling - that happens from amateurs who can't debate on facts.

That's fine. To everyone else out there - go read it for yourselves. Why do afraid ? Get it from the library until these people start book burning to keep themselves in power and you penniless.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

You have no facts. You have emotions. I use the language of my adversaries they best understand when communicating with them. In your case it's emoting. So you can best understand how little I think of your ignorant "facts."

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Freedom Fox's avatar

PS - I've also read Mein Kampf. And other taboo writings of Hitler and Mussolini. Knowing the ideas and understandings behind ALL totalitarian governing models is important. Communism, Fascism, all the -ism's. An argument can be made that the US and West are in the grips of a neo-Fascist movement, "public-private partnerships" much moreso than a neo-Communist movement.

Note: Hitler's Fascism and Stalin's Communism both declared western liberal capitalism to be their mutual adversary, biggest threats. Officially declared that alliance of ideological thought in the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, Aka Hitler-Stalin pact. Though that pact was subsequently broken it wasn't over a disagreement about the virtue of capitalism and liberal democratic values; both abhored individual freedom and free markets, both relied on collectivist central planned economies and obedient societies.

Part of the academic and cultural indoctrination of our times is to conflate the failings of the "public-private partnerships" aka Fascism with failings of capitalism. It's only when government approved advantages or prohibitions are imposed on a market that "Capitalism" is deed a threat. Capitalism under that construct is an intentional misnomer to blur the lines and demonize real free markets. What most who blame capitalism for society's ills don't understand is those ills are the result of the marriage of government policy with powerful business interests: Fascism.

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Janet Adams's avatar

We have fascism under the guise of democracy right now.

At the moment the greed of the capitalism shows us exactly how we become an oligarchy. If the capitalism was "so wonderful" we would be paid living wages and we would all benefit and we would be able to afford health insurance, food, and housing, and yes - time off. But we can't . Why? Because our current capitalism couldn't care less about it's communities nor it's country (they went to public schools) that made them too wealthy in the first place.

Fraud is not capitalism. Fraud is not democracy. Democracy is not to enrich a few at the expense of the 99%

I am not afraid of Marx. He makes great points. Actually, we were only taught to "fear and hate communists in school". I think they have some pros and cons. Once you deny people the education and slant it - you become suspicious in my eyes - what's your motivation?

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Yes. We suffer under neo-Fascism today. You conflate Capitalism for Fascism. A typical Marxist blurring of fact.

Communism AND Fascism derive from Marxism. And the oligarchical powers that funded and propagated Marxism, false divide between the two. Fascism and Communism are the same Marxist bird, different wings. Neither share capitalism as underlying values.

Marxism is a construct of the blue-blooded aristocracy. An insidious idea germ they birthed to restore their absolute power and control over the masses that the US experiment in governance, free markets threatened. Too bad your indoctrination doesn't allow you to see truth. Sad.

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Janet Adams's avatar

We all suffer because we don't understand Marx. You really need to read the actual book before making comments.

Name calling wins no points ~ cheers!

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