Jobs are for Machines, Lives are for Humans

[exploited]

[The Comrade]

how is professor supposed to renovate his en suite for 2k?

[IndependentProfessor]

Good place to talk about this, I guess.

My son is 7, came home the other day and asked, "Daddy who are are you voting for?" I told him I hadn't quite made up my mind, that there was still a lot of time to decide. He said, "I'm supporting Trump." So, I asked him why. He said, "Because he's popular and he'll get things done." So, I told him that voting for President is very important, and he should probably know more about a candidate. He asked me what he should know.

Now, I'm not getting into a real political discussion with a 7yo. But, I decided that introducing the 2-party system and the general platforms of each was a good place to start. So, I told him that Trump, Cruz, and Kasich are Republicans, and Clinton and Sanders are Democrats. I went on to use the following example to explain the difference between the 2 parties.

Let's say you have $10 that you earned by working hard around the house. Your sister also worked to clean the house, but she got only $2, because she did a different part of the house than you. Republicans would say that you give to her $1. This is called "taxation". This leaves you with $9 and her with $3. Democrats would say you give her $4. This leaves you with $6 and her with $6. (I actually had him do the math.)

Then I asked him which one he thought was fairer. Surprisingly, he said he didn't like either one. He said that it wasn't very nice for him to only give up $1 when she had so little. But, that he didn't feel it was fair to give her $4, either.

So, I then told him that I agreed - that the fairest solution to everyone was somewhere in the middle. He gives up $2-$3.

We didn't really solve any problems or come to any conclusions about who was the best candidate. But, at least I've got him thinking critically about politics, and not taking things at face value.

[exploited]

You should have made the example more accurate.

The Republicans take $1, then spend $40, then use their own wasteful spending as justification for decreased taxation.

[Saz]

[Medius]

[IndependentProfessor]

[Medius]

[The Comrade]

"the poor will kill you if you make life miserable"

*supports making life miserable*

[IndependentProfessor]