Taxes

Wait a minute, I've been subscribed to this guy called Hank Green for almost a year

so confused

I'm an low-tax kinda guy, but even I agree that we should have public education. Heck, if this was the United States of Allamericandude, that would be pretty much the only thing the government would do.

With a well-educated population, you can solve
1) Poverty
2) Crime/violence
3) Health care
4) The economy
5) Foreign relations
6) Everything else

I mean, our education system isn't that bad--7 of the 10 best universities in the world are American--but there is a lot of room for improvement, especially in the elementary school system. And the clumsy, bureaucratic way we spend money on our education has actually made it worse. A government that spends nearly $1 trillion on education should not be 14th (or 17th, for all I know) on the rankings for math and science test scores. So while I think we should spend more money on our education system, I don't think that simply dumping more money on it is going to fix it (which is how our government tries to solve most of its problems).


Oh, and NASA. That'd be the other thing I'd do. I'd fund the shit out of NASA.

Also, DFTBA.

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He is an excellent writer and person. But don't be obsessive please.

This only works if your country knows how to spend their taxes. Teachers in Chicago make around $70,000 a year but their kids are still dumb as fuck.

I came for the content but I stayed for the shitstorms.

THE TAXES! THE FINGER THING MEANS THE TAXES!

Fuck you, John Green.
I mean, seriously.
The Fault in Our Stars.
Dude, really.
The Fault in Our fucking Stars.

I have enjoyed the VlogBrothers for quite a long time. Both of the Green brothers offer wonderful insights, but FJ is the last place where I'd expect to see them.

Dear lord, they're like a virus spreading across the internet.

And the scary thing is, I kind of like it.

Too Late.

Fucking love this guy.
no homo

God alone knows we (USA) need as much help as we can get.

MFW trying to talk to kids my own age.

haha shame he IS stupid person ha

We need more vlogbrothers content on here.

But then again our education system is shit, so who the fuck knows.

i just finished the fault in our stars. it was glorious.

Do any of your spare a moment to talk about the birth of Nicolas Cage?

YES, this has to be the first time I've seen John Green on the front page.

Unless you're the Mongols.

School is free, you even get paid to go in school in Sweden. It doesn't really help, there is still a scary amount of incredibly stupid people here.