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It's a bad nanny state idea that will hurt those kids more | 59 | 60.82% | |
This government interference is awesome! | 33 | 34.02% | |
Undecided | 5 | 5.15% | |
Voters: 97. You may not vote on this poll |
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06-10-2011, 12:35 AM | #1 | |
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Some states want to ban drop-outs from getting licenses
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06-10-2011, 12:39 AM | #2 |
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Good. Don't give privileges to the decay of society.
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06-10-2011, 12:44 AM | #3 |
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And who are you to judge who's the "decay of society" and who's not? If the kid drops out of school to have a music career and makes more money than you and I will ever see, would you still call him/her the "decay of society?"
Most NASCAR drivers don't have a college degree and yet they can run circles around most rocket scientists. This is more ridiculous grandstanding with a cause-correlation factor from some morons in office trying to build a name for themselves. If you read the article, funny how so-called "small government" states like Texas like it, while so called "big government" states like California are on the side of freedom. |
06-10-2011, 12:57 AM | #4 |
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Kid drops out for a music carreer? NASCAR? You're talking about microscenarios. The majority of people who drop out are deadbeats. So yes I will judge the wasted tax dollars of want to be people. In the big picture of things drop outs are worthless. If they make more money than you or I then buy a FU****G driver.
California sucks. I know, I live here. We have more handouts per square foot. Taking privileges away will show them they need to WORK for what they have. Not have it handed to them in a government hand out. Get F+*+ed hippie. |
06-10-2011, 01:34 AM | #5 |
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Driving is a privilege not a right.
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06-10-2011, 01:41 AM | #6 |
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^^ exactly! Friggin self entitlement is ridiculous these days.
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06-10-2011, 01:42 AM | #7 |
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I think they should just make the driving test A LOT harder for EVERYONE. Drop out or not... We could all use less idiotic drivers on the road.
Apparently US driver's tests are quite easy. |
06-10-2011, 01:54 AM | #8 |
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Is there any data to back up drop-outs being less competent at driving than anyone else? What the hell is the point of this? To discourage dropping out? Why do people care if someone drops out of high school?
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06-10-2011, 03:07 AM | #9 |
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06-10-2011, 07:04 AM | #10 |
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Umm your poll is silly.
It is true that some dropouts become very successful, but most do not. While it is true that quite a number of filthy rich people are drop outs that doesn't mean anything besides the fact that becoming filthy rich takes risks and people who drop out are happy to take them. Inheritors of money usually are not drop outs and usually have a college degree so there are plenty of filthy rich people with degrees as well. |
06-10-2011, 07:30 AM | #11 | ||
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Amen. Its depressing that in today's society everything has become a "right" in the eyes of society, nothing is a privilege that one should work for or earn anymore.
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I'm on the wall here, because while I do think that kids have the right to decide if they want to finish high school or drop out and work at wal-mart or mcdonalds for the rest of their lives, I also believe that driving is a privilege and if the government wants to modify or change or add laws to requirements to be eligible for a license they have every right to. In the end I'd probably side with lawmakers on this issue, because its the government's choice of who is eligible to obtain a license to drive, so if these kids want the opportunity to obtain their license, they are going to have to play by the rules and see it through to the end as far as schooling goes. |
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06-10-2011, 07:48 AM | #12 | |
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06-10-2011, 07:53 AM | #13 |
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Great idea. Drop out of school, now have fun getting a job that you CAN'T drive to.
This is stupid. |
06-10-2011, 07:57 AM | #14 |
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So... Public transit will be improved so that these people can still participate in the economy? Or do we expect them to just quietly decay in their parent's basements?
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06-10-2011, 08:09 AM | #15 |
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I think there is a legitimate interest in society having a baseline level of education. Denying licenses to those that don't achieve this is a horrible idea.
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06-10-2011, 08:28 AM | #16 |
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Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Being able to own and carry a gun, is a right, not a privilege. California is bass-ackwards. |
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Besides the economic argument that not having an education and not having ready transportation will make one even more unemployable, there's the pragmatic argument that there are already a hell of a lot of people with DWIs or undocumented immigrants who are driving around without licenses or insurance. Having a punitive law on the books won't make your car (or your neck) any more fixed after someone in violation of it rear ends you. |
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I had to see if skywaffles was trolling again. Dropping out, and making big money is a pipe dream at best nowadays. Maybe when our grandparents were young it was advisable to drop out, but nowadays if you don't have a high school diploma, you better be self motivated and hard working. No one will ever give you the time of day unless you prove to them you're not a bum. |
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I think we need to have a passable public education system well before we start making it indispensable.
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06-10-2011, 11:49 AM | #21 |
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Right, but unless everyone that drops out of school does so for the same reasons, something like this is stupid. And can you provide an undeniable link between graduating high school and being a better driver, or can you provide a link between drop outs being a higher risk for being a bad driver?
Lets say there's a rural farm family. Dad dies. Kid drops out of school to run the farm. Does he deserve to not get a license because his dad died and he has a duty to keep the family farm going? This is just one simple example, but it proves that a law like this is exceedingly horrible. So, in addition are they going to say "sorry, you did not go to a school that the state approves of, you don't get a license" easy way to say "You're not from our country, you don't get a license" how do you verify that a person who immigrates legally didn't drop out of high school? what happens when someone is 35 years old? Are they still going to be paying for a choice they made at 17, no matter how successful they became in life? what happens if I get a license while in school, then drop out? does my license get revoked? do I immediately become a stupider person because I dropped out? There are too many places where there would NEED to be exceptions from this rule. This is by and far the stupidest legislation I have heard of in a very long time. I am completely for stricter rules to get a drivers license, and stricter rules for people who break laws, but this just doesn't work. |
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06-10-2011, 12:01 PM | #23 | |
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I have no idea why people keep saying driving is a privilege not a right. Ok fantastic. Just because driving is a privilege doesn't mean the government can enact any ridiculous laws about it they want. |
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06-10-2011, 12:01 PM | #24 |
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Driving is not "self-entitlement", you asshat.
It's a right, not a privilege, no matter what the government says to people who prove themselves responsible behind the wheel. Until now, you cannot be denied the right to drive if you pass the test, pay your licensing/reg/insurance fees and don't do anything illegal. In case you're too thick to realize, graduating from high school has nothing to do with how good a driver one is or if they can pass the test or not. And I'm making it just well living in California. If you're going to bitch about life here, go move to another state. We won't miss you. |
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