The other question…. Do I want some teacher with a B.S. in education being responsible for my four year old; along with 20 other toddlers?

Independence and free thinking is what makes the few in our nation great inventors and leaders. Not group education by a mediocre instructor.

Yes, please look at the other countries (communism comes to mind) that force parents to work, many hours a week, while their very young children get carted off to public school. Afterwards the government takes most of you pay for the common good.

Then you have this whole tax the rich and give to the poor crap. Cut medical deductions for the rich. Sounds great unless you are a physician already not getting paid by Medicaid and Medicare. Do you realize that 40% of failure to pay is from government insurance programs?

Would other people, in their right mind, work over 120 hours a week and for 60% of their paycheck? This is after 20 years of school and another 5 years of no pay training.

By the time a physician is 31 they start out at entry level physician pay. Which is about 260k per year. Then you have to pay your education loans and all those living expenses while you were training. (Not to mention full liability for being sued on anything your liability insurance doesn’t cover.)

My husband is a physician. On average, he works 16 hours a day, every day. He takes home after taxes about $500k a year. Sounds great doesn’t it? Well you take into the matter that he works so much that is an average of $84 an hour. We also have to pay for his practice insurance which is over 200k per year. By the way, we also have to pay for our own health care. No, he cannot treat everyone in our house as he specializes in one area.

How many people work at factories and make that as a foreman working overtime? This is without getting sued as well.

I tell you right now, if Hillary wins and gets her way, there will be a lot of physicians leaving the profession. Canada is a good example. They are overcrowded and get inadequate health care. Canadians come here if they have a serious illness.

Do you really want your four year old, that is provided with free pre-school and health care, to have to wait to be treated for a life threatening condition? What if he or she has a 10% chance to live and the government doesn’t want to pay for that 10% chance? Don’t think it won’t happen as it already does with our elderly.

People hear “Free” and they immediately dumb down. Why do you think so many other people come here for their health care? Think about the consequences of this plan…

I would give anything to have my child be healthy and happy. Again, I wouldn’t want the government telling me what my toddler or family member needs for treatment. That’s why we are a free country and why we have these choices.

Perhaps you should start taxing the attorneys more to subsidize health care. Maybe make pro athletes, that beat their wives and torture pit bulls, subsidize the health care for people that cannot afford it.

Kidding aside, the money would be well spent. I would whole heartedly support goverment funded pre-school. In addition to the positive educational impact, such investment would also boost the economy by allowing parents to join the work force, who would otherwise not be able to afford day care.

I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your article. I appreciate how you wrote the article from a perspective of a 4 year old, I thought it was neat. I was not aware of the pre-k plan and reading the article made me take the initiative to do my research on the topic.

Thanks,
Andy

@Kris, I didn’t “fabricate” the story, which means to concoct in order to deceive. There was not intent to make others believe the story was true, and you obviously didn’t believe it was true. It was designed (1) to be funny (you can judge whether I succeeded), and (2) to look at the Universal Pre-K program through the eyes of a 4 year old. Apart from the $5 to $10 billion Clinton wants to spend, we are tossing our children into school at earlier and earlier ages, which I believe is counter-productive. Education is critical, of course, but where’s the balance in life?

@Matt, it is true that the story is a piece of fiction, but what better way to describe the Universal Pre-K plan.

@Jon. Based on references in your post, pre-k school is not the answer to closing the achievement gap. Removing the children from the derelict parents at birth is the only hope!

“It takes a village to raise a child,” she said. “And if elected, I’ll be that village. I know what’s best for you and all Americans.”

…and I’m not even American.