Post by Chris_Wendt on Jan 2, 2013 15:31:10 GMT -5
I am wondering how the Social Studies and Business Education Departments are dealing with the current and very topical "Fiscal Cliff" situation as a teachable moment for our students.
How is the ideological schism between the Senate Republican Caucus and the Republican Caucus in the House of Representatives being treated? You know, where the Senate Republicans had compromised with their Democrat counterparts and passed a significant bipartisan solution to the Fiscal Cliff predicament, only to see the fractionated House Republicans show truly bad faith with their Senate counterparts, and attempt to scuttle to deal that had been negotiated in good faith in the Senate.
Should the obsequiousness of the House leaders (Speaker Boehner, Majority Whip McCarthy, and Majority Leader Cantor) toward the nascent and recalcitrant Tea Party faction be viewed simply as the normal operation of "checks and balances", or, with more of a sense of alarn, as being tantamount to capitulation and dereliction of their leadership responsibilities and oath of office?
Has the Fourth Estate done justice to the reporting of this drama? Or has their sensationalizing created and built up the drama to a fever pitch?
Do our students understand the difference between deficit and debt, as those terms are used by our government?
Please don't take my questions as being accusatory or presumptive. I honestly don't know the answers but would really like to know.
Inquisitively,
Chris Wendt
How is the ideological schism between the Senate Republican Caucus and the Republican Caucus in the House of Representatives being treated? You know, where the Senate Republicans had compromised with their Democrat counterparts and passed a significant bipartisan solution to the Fiscal Cliff predicament, only to see the fractionated House Republicans show truly bad faith with their Senate counterparts, and attempt to scuttle to deal that had been negotiated in good faith in the Senate.
Should the obsequiousness of the House leaders (Speaker Boehner, Majority Whip McCarthy, and Majority Leader Cantor) toward the nascent and recalcitrant Tea Party faction be viewed simply as the normal operation of "checks and balances", or, with more of a sense of alarn, as being tantamount to capitulation and dereliction of their leadership responsibilities and oath of office?
Has the Fourth Estate done justice to the reporting of this drama? Or has their sensationalizing created and built up the drama to a fever pitch?
Do our students understand the difference between deficit and debt, as those terms are used by our government?
Please don't take my questions as being accusatory or presumptive. I honestly don't know the answers but would really like to know.
Inquisitively,
Chris Wendt