Episode 29 – Do not let the IRS keep your money anymore
Hello and welcome back to Azazel Podcast. In this series, I explore the tax refund program. What is it and how can we convert it into a dividend bearing investment account?
Join me and let’s dive to find out how to no longer the IRS withhold our tax refund. I will show you a financial strategy to increase your monthly paychecks and invest your extra funds to become co-owners of the most profitable business in America.
Abstract
Arguments over the progressive American tax system place the income tax rate at the root of American poverty. They claim that Americans struggle to achieve the American Dream because of high taxes. Moreover, these arguments found that Americans’ purchasing power decreases as the government increases the income tax rate. However, agreeing that paying taxes is here to stay, these arguments are yet to propose a comprehensive approach to allow Americans to earn interests or dividends on their tax refund. This opinion fills the gap by recommending that Americans claim more tax exemptions on their W-4 to increase their monthly revenues and for companies to establish partnerships with businesses to invest the extra funds their workers would earn on their paychecks. In terms of implications for social change, these two recommendations would allow taxpayers to become co-owners and investors to generate profits from funds that the government would otherwise hold and reimburse to them without profits. at the beginning of the year.
Problem Statement
Employees with less withholdings receive larger tax refunds at income tax seasons. Most of the American workforce fall into that line of fiscal practice detrimental to their purchasing power. Unbeknownst to them or for lack of education on how to properly file their yearly income taxes, they receive large tax refunds because they overpay their income tax every year. The government holds their overpayment for a year and refunds them without interest. Such a fiscal policy is a poor use of such funds whose value changes over time and does not keep up with inflation.
Purpose
Tax refund is like a no-interest-bearing savings account that salaried workers open with the Internal Revenue Services. The way is that employers withhold money from employees’ earnings. The employers send the withholdings to the IRS and the IRS sends them to the employees when they file their income tax.
Limitations and Delimitations:
This opinion is limited to tax refund; the lump sum Americans receive from the government after they pay all their income tax. It did not discuss income tax, which is money individuals pay the government on their income. It did not cover sales tax and property tax, which are, respectively, money Americans pay on what they buy and on what they own. Moreover, it did not cover tax incentives or refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), premium tax credit (PTC), or Child Tax Credit (CTC).
I limited my proposal to only tax refunds due to overpayment. Americans can avoid lending that money to the government and ultimately invest it to earn residual income by claiming various exemptions in their W-4. In this opinion, I explained the strategy to transform tax refunds from an interest-free loan to the government into an investment in the most profitable businesses in America.
Income Tax and Tax Refund
The income tax is money that the American workers and businesses pay to the federal and state governments on their income. Therefore, the income tax is composed of individual and corporate income taxes.
The government levies an individual income tax, also called personal income tax, on wages, salaries, investments, or other forms of income the individual earns. The bigger an individual’s earnings, the more income tax he pays to the government due to the progressivity of the American tax system. The tax bracket rates for individual income are between 10% and 37%.
The government levies corporate income tax on business profits. C corporations pay the corporate income tax, while partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships do not pay the corporate tax. Their profits are “pass-through” to their owners, who pay individual income tax on earnings they make from their business (German & Parrilla, 2021). According to Schaul (2022), C-Corporations pay an average flat rate of 21%. In contrast, owners of S corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships fall into the 10% to 37% brackets, meaning that their individual income tax rate increases as their income increases (Horowitch & Lawder, 2022).
The tax refund is the lump sum Americans receive from the Internal Revenue Service after they file their income tax. Many tend to believe that the tax refund is an earning, a bonus, or a gift from the government. It is instead a reimbursement to Americans who overpay their income tax. One overpays their income tax when they fail to claim specific allowances and exemptions or when they improperly fill their W-4 form at the time of their hiring. Although, throughout their career, change occurs, like childbirth, daycare, marriage, divorce, etc., they did not claim the proper exemptions, which would have added extra money to their paychecks.
Proposition
The tax refund amount is not synonymous with the tax bracket in which employees fall; it is, however, linked to how many exemptions they claim or do not claim. Americans receive a tax refund for overpaying their taxes during the previous year. By updating or adequately filling out their W-4 or precisely calculating their estimated taxes, Americans can have their tax refund as close to zero as possible or have a higher withholding and lower tax refund at tax time. In simpler terms, as Johnson (2022) said, the closer employees get their refund to zero, the more money they will have throughout the prior year.
Employees file the IRS W-4 tax form, also called Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate to indicate to their employers how much money from their paychecks to withhold. The amount of money withheld from their paychecks depends on the number of claimed exemptions and allowances (Kagan, 2020). Employees must update or file a new W-4 each time their circumstances change, such as the birth of a new child, home purchase, or a new job.
In the most layman term, this opinion proposes the Taxpayer Investment and Transformation Strategy (TITS) as an approach for employees to claim the proper exemptions and allowances to receive extra money on their monthly paychecks. However, their employers will keep the extra cash to reinvest them into businesses overseen by financial experts and investment advisors.
Scenarios
There is no legal obligation for employees to claim their children as exemptions on their W-4, nor is it illegal to add more dependents or add them as they come throughout the year to increase their monthly paychecks.
An employee had a child when she started her job. If she does or adds more children throughout her career, she will receive monthly money for her family from the IRS. However, if she does not, she will receive less money monthly but will get to claim her child or her children when she files her income tax and then she will receive a lump sum for her family. Her exemption or the number of exemptions she might add later does not impact her income tax rate, meaning that if her income is $50,000 a year, even if she has five dependents, her income tax rate will remain at 22% (Waggoner, 2022).
Two different employees with a single filing status and the same salary of $100,000 a year are in the same tax bracket whether employee 1 is childless or employee 2 has children. Conversely, if employee 1 is still single, has one child and employee 2, still single, has 2 children or more; they will be, unrelatedly, in the same tax bracket. However, if employee 1 is married and employee 2 is single, they will be in different tax brackets because the American income tax rate depends on whether they are married or single, not on the dependents they may have. However, the tax refund amount is based on exemptions or dependents although there is a limit to the number of dependents or the ages of dependents that employees can claim.
The Taxpayer Investment and Transformation Strategy (TITS)
As employees are educated on the proper way to fill out their W-4, their companies will seek out investment partnerships with businesses in which for their employees to invest the extra funds they would have otherwise received in the form of a tax refund. Employees will invest their supplementary funds in different entities and securities to build and diversify their portfolio. Employees can opt-out of the program, meaning elect to receive their extra funds on their paychecks or select companies to invest their additional incomes.
The TITS will empower employees, regardless of their income, to become investors or co-owners of the most profitable businesses in America instead of having their earnings sit in IRS coffers and later receive them without bearing any interests. The proposed strategy aimed to transform income tax refunds from interest-free withholdings to dividend-bearing investments.
Summary
The income tax, based on salaries, is money that American workers pay the federal or state government on their earnings. In contrast, tax refunds, based on exemptions, are money the government reimburses American workers for overpaying their income tax. The bigger one’s tax refund, the more they overpaid the government.
Conclusion
This opinion established the difference between income tax and tax refund. It recommended a financial strategy to transform taxpayers into investors and co-owners. Taxpayers would implement this by investing the extra funds they earn after they master the required instruction to file their W-4 correctly.
Arguments over the progressive American tax system place the income tax rate at the root of American poverty. They claim that Americans struggle to achieve the American Dream because of high taxes. Moreover, these arguments found that Americans’ purchasing power decreases as the government increases the income tax rate. However, agreeing that paying taxes is here to stay, these arguments are yet to propose a comprehensive approach to allow Americans to earn interests or dividends on their tax refund. This opinion fills the gap by recommending that Americans claim more tax exemptions on their W-4 to increase their monthly revenues and for companies to establish partnerships with businesses to invest the extra funds their workers would earn on their paychecks. In terms of implications for social change, these two recommendations would allow taxpayers to become co-owners and investors to generate profits from funds that the government would otherwise hold and reimburse to them without profits. at the beginning of the year.
Problem Statement
Employees with less withholdings receive larger tax refunds at income tax seasons. Most of the American workforce fall into that line of fiscal practice detrimental to their purchasing power. Unbeknownst to them or for lack of education on how to properly file their yearly income taxes, they receive large tax refunds because they overpay their income tax every year. The government holds their overpayment for a year and refunds them without interest. Such a fiscal policy is a poor use of such funds whose value changes over time and does not keep up with inflation.
Purpose
Tax refund is like a no-interest-bearing savings account that salaried workers open with the Internal Revenue Services. The way is that employers withhold money from employees’ earnings. The employers send the withholdings to the IRS and the IRS sends them to the employees when they file their income tax.
Limitations and Delimitations:
This opinion is limited to tax refund; the lump sum Americans receive from the government after they pay all their income tax. It did not discuss income tax, which is money individuals pay the government on their income. It did not cover sales tax and property tax, which are, respectively, money Americans pay on what they buy and on what they own. Moreover, it did not cover tax incentives or refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), premium tax credit (PTC), or Child Tax Credit (CTC).
I limited my proposal to only tax refunds due to overpayment. Americans can avoid lending that money to the government and ultimately invest it to earn residual income by claiming various exemptions in their W-4. In this opinion, I explained the strategy to transform tax refunds from an interest-free loan to the government into an investment in the most profitable businesses in America.
Income Tax and Tax Refund
The income tax is money that the American workers and businesses pay to the federal and state governments on their income. Therefore, the income tax is composed of individual and corporate income taxes.
The government levies an individual income tax, also called personal income tax, on wages, salaries, investments, or other forms of income the individual earns. The bigger an individual’s earnings, the more income tax he pays to the government due to the progressivity of the American tax system. The tax bracket rates for individual income are between 10% and 37%.
The government levies corporate income tax on business profits. C corporations pay the corporate income tax, while partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships do not pay the corporate tax. Their profits are “pass-through” to their owners, who pay individual income tax on earnings they make from their business (German & Parrilla, 2021). According to Schaul (2022), C-Corporations pay an average flat rate of 21%. In contrast, owners of S corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships fall into the 10% to 37% brackets, meaning that their individual income tax rate increases as their income increases (Horowitch & Lawder, 2022).
The tax refund is the lump sum Americans receive from the Internal Revenue Service after they file their income tax. Many tend to believe that the tax refund is an earning, a bonus, or a gift from the government. It is instead a reimbursement to Americans who overpay their income tax. One overpays their income tax when they fail to claim specific allowances and exemptions or when they improperly fill their W-4 form at the time of their hiring. Although, throughout their career, change occurs, like childbirth, daycare, marriage, divorce, etc., they did not claim the proper exemptions, which would have added extra money to their paychecks.
Proposition
The tax refund amount is not synonymous with the tax bracket in which employees fall; it is, however, linked to how many exemptions they claim or do not claim. Americans receive a tax refund for overpaying their taxes during the previous year. By updating or adequately filling out their W-4 or precisely calculating their estimated taxes, Americans can have their tax refund as close to zero as possible or have a higher withholding and lower tax refund at tax time. In simpler terms, as Johnson (2022) said, the closer employees get their refund to zero, the more money they will have throughout the prior year.
Employees file the IRS W-4 tax form, also called Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate to indicate to their employers how much money from their paychecks to withhold. The amount of money withheld from their paychecks depends on the number of claimed exemptions and allowances (Kagan, 2020). Employees must update or file a new W-4 each time their circumstances change, such as the birth of a new child, home purchase, or a new job.
In the most layman term, this opinion proposes the Taxpayer Investment and Transformation Strategy (TITS) as an approach for employees to claim the proper exemptions and allowances to receive extra money on their monthly paychecks. However, their employers will keep the extra cash to reinvest them into businesses overseen by financial experts and investment advisors.
Scenarios
There is no legal obligation for employees to claim their children as exemptions on their W-4, nor is it illegal to add more dependents or add them as they come throughout the year to increase their monthly paychecks.
An employee had a child when she started her job. If she does or adds more children throughout her career, she will receive monthly money for her family from the IRS. However, if she does not, she will receive less money monthly but will get to claim her child or her children when she files her income tax and then she will receive a lump sum for her family. Her exemption or the number of exemptions she might add later does not impact her income tax rate, meaning that if her income is $50,000 a year, even if she has five dependents, her income tax rate will remain at 22% (Waggoner, 2022).
Two different employees with a single filing status and the same salary of $100,000 a year are in the same tax bracket whether employee 1 is childless or employee 2 has children. Conversely, if employee 1 is still single, has one child and employee 2, still single, has 2 children or more; they will be, unrelatedly, in the same tax bracket. However, if employee 1 is married and employee 2 is single, they will be in different tax brackets because the American income tax rate depends on whether they are married or single, not on the dependents they may have. However, the tax refund amount is based on exemptions or dependents although there is a limit to the number of dependents or the ages of dependents that employees can claim.
The Taxpayer Investment and Transformation Strategy (TITS)
As employees are educated on the proper way to fill out their W-4, their companies will seek out investment partnerships with businesses in which for their employees to invest the extra funds they would have otherwise received in the form of a tax refund. Employees will invest their supplementary funds in different entities and securities to build and diversify their portfolio. Employees can opt-out of the program, meaning elect to receive their extra funds on their paychecks or select companies to invest their additional incomes.
The TITS will empower employees, regardless of their income, to become investors or co-owners of the most profitable businesses in America instead of having their earnings sit in IRS coffers and later receive them without bearing any interests. The proposed strategy aimed to transform income tax refunds from interest-free withholdings to dividend-bearing investments.
Summary
The income tax, based on salaries, is money that American workers pay the federal or state government on their earnings. In contrast, tax refunds, based on exemptions, are money the government reimburses American workers for overpaying their income tax. The bigger one’s tax refund, the more they overpaid the government.
Conclusion
This opinion established the difference between income tax and tax refund. It recommended a financial strategy to transform taxpayers into investors and co-owners. Taxpayers would implement this by investing the extra funds they earn after they master the required instruction to file their W-4 correctly.
Episode 28 – Do you still believe in the future of gender reveal parties?
Have you ever attended these parties where you had to pick to be part of Team Blue or Team Pink? I have and let me tell you; it was fun. The decors, the games, the competition, the cakes, the balloons, confetti, the streamers, the piñatas, the colored smoke, and……..
Hello, welcome to Azazel podcast. I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau. In this episode, I discussed Gender Reveal Parties and how they are losing value by the second. By the end of this episode, you will know what Gender Reveal Parties to make your own decision on whether they are still necessary in today’s America.
Have you ever attended these parties where you had to pick to be part of Team Blue or Team Pink? I have and let me tell you; it was fun. The decors, the games, the competition, the cakes, the balloons, confetti, the streamers, the piñatas, the colored smoke, and……..
Ouf, I am so excited that I can spend hours explaining to you the buildup climax to finally open that envelope that either way it goes, will bring joy to the parents, If you have not caught my drift yet, I am talking about Gender Reveal Parties where attendees or the expectants had to guess or assert the sex of a fetal.
Jenna Karvunidis made Gender Reveal Parties a thing in 2008. Since then, many pregnant couples have adopted it to know their baby’s ex, not from the nurse, but from their friends or even sometimes, strangers.
Few families who organized gender reveal parties were disappointed that their children did not stick to their revealed sex. Trust me, not because these kids may be gays, lesbians or queers but because they become transgenders. No doubt, if you are gays, lesbians or queers, you are the sex you were born with. However, if you transgend, you switch sex.
Believe me when I say there is nothing wrong in people making the choice to be all they can be. The point I am trying to convey here; better yet, the question I am trying to answer is “It is still necessary to hold these parties? I am asking so because the parents will not know if their children will stick to the sex that was assigned to them at birth.
Anyway, here is my point, with sex reassignments becoming an acceptable norm in American society, the thrill to have gender parties to reveal the sex of a baby is loosing value. Thus, parents who do not support the LGBT-Q movement or do not want to be disappointed, should not have them because any kid, regardless of his age, can request to have sex reassignment. Moreover, why having them anyway when people now have no obligation to have genders or to be addressed as he or she?
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe to the channel on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, YouTube or wherever you get your podcast.
Have you ever attended these parties where you had to pick to be part of Team Blue or Team Pink? I have and let me tell you; it was fun. The decors, the games, the competition, the cakes, the balloons, confetti, the streamers, the piñatas, the colored smoke, and……..
Ouf, I am so excited that I can spend hours explaining to you the buildup climax to finally open that envelope that either way it goes, will bring joy to the parents, If you have not caught my drift yet, I am talking about Gender Reveal Parties where attendees or the expectants had to guess or assert the sex of a fetal.
Jenna Karvunidis made Gender Reveal Parties a thing in 2008. Since then, many pregnant couples have adopted it to know their baby’s ex, not from the nurse, but from their friends or even sometimes, strangers.
Few families who organized gender reveal parties were disappointed that their children did not stick to their revealed sex. Trust me, not because these kids may be gays, lesbians or queers but because they become transgenders. No doubt, if you are gays, lesbians or queers, you are the sex you were born with. However, if you transgend, you switch sex.
Believe me when I say there is nothing wrong in people making the choice to be all they can be. The point I am trying to convey here; better yet, the question I am trying to answer is “It is still necessary to hold these parties? I am asking so because the parents will not know if their children will stick to the sex that was assigned to them at birth.
Anyway, here is my point, with sex reassignments becoming an acceptable norm in American society, the thrill to have gender parties to reveal the sex of a baby is loosing value. Thus, parents who do not support the LGBT-Q movement or do not want to be disappointed, should not have them because any kid, regardless of his age, can request to have sex reassignment. Moreover, why having them anyway when people now have no obligation to have genders or to be addressed as he or she?
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe to the channel on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, YouTube or wherever you get your podcast.
Episode 27 – Corporate money in politics influences public policy, rulemaking, and ultimately leads to corruption
Without the pouring of corporate money into politics, the majority of candidates will not able to campaign in their district, let alone nationwide. Without corporate money, many societal and environmental issues like global warming, immigration, healthcare to name a few, would have never been brought to light for the average American to know.
Hello and welcome to Azazel Podcast; the show that discusses political entrepreneurship and political literacy to educate listeners on the power of corporate money on local politics and government. Listen on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau. In today’s episode, I explain how corporate money influences American political decisions and public policy. By the end of this episode, you will know how the rich individuals utilisé their money to finance the campaigns of candidates they are sure will pass legislation on their behalf.
A handful of wealthy individuals finance the campaign of thousands of lawmakers at the federal and state levels. Although they call their donations political charity or independent contributions, we all know that their actions are politically motivated as they contribute to influencing the political process, especially how Congress and state legislators pass laws and appropriate funds to special social programs.
Before 2010, there were restrictions on how much money companies could give to candidates. On January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court allowed corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited funds on elections as long as the candidates report to the FEC the amount of money they receive. The United States Supreme Court decision put a limit on how much an individual can give per election cycle through Political Action Committees but it does not limit how much a company can give through Super Political Action Committees. The latter can receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and labor unions to finance independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
The decision by many companies to cut funding to the 147 U.S. Congress elected officials who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, proved that corporate money plays a big role in American politics. According to OpenSecrets.org, in 2010, super PACs spent $63 million in state and federal elections. By 2020, that figure was $2.1 billion. According to another analysis by STAT, in 2020, 2,467 state lawmaker campaigns receive money from pharmaceutical companies. BigPharma companies fund political campaigns of candidates who likely will vote to keep drug prices high or keep other pharmaceutical companies from entering the drug market. That year, the drug industry wrote over 10,000 individual checks totaling more than $10 million. Companies finance elections to put pressure on the government to pass laws and vote legislation that will benefit them.
Corporate money leads to centralized power, increases voting inequality, and legalizes above board corruption as it gives the wealthy political power and influence to keep imposing their legislative agenda on Congress and state legislatures. Companies donate to help elect candidates they hope will do their industry’s bidding or support a specific cause.
With corporate money comes legislation and lawmakers to block them or pass them. David Primo wrote in his latest book that the influx of large sums of money into politics damages trust in government, suppresses voter turnout, puts corporate interests first, and results in corruption.
Corporate money shuts down the voices of ordinary Americans whose votes, unless aligned with corporate greed, do not really count. Most of the corporate donations are dark money, meaning that PACs and SuperPACs mask the identities of their donors. At a time where many political and human rights organizations are holding debates and formulating arguments over election integrity and the basic fairness of the American democratic process; pouring corporate money into politics destroys people’ trust in their leaders’ abilities to do the job they were elected to do without any pressure from big donors.
Many scholars proposed stopping corporate political giving altogether to help the people regain trust in government and in the political system. She said that there is no reason to allow corporate America to donate to political campaigns because they pour money in politics to seek profits for their companies. However, I argue that corporate money is a double-edged sword and although it boosts big companies’ political influence; without it, many societal and environmental issues like global warming, immigration, healthcare to name a few, would have never been brought to light for the average American and ultimately have an opinion about it.
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast and remember to subscribe to this podcast on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, YouTube, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau. In today’s episode, I explain how corporate money influences American political decisions and public policy. By the end of this episode, you will know how the rich individuals utilisé their money to finance the campaigns of candidates they are sure will pass legislation on their behalf.
A handful of wealthy individuals finance the campaign of thousands of lawmakers at the federal and state levels. Although they call their donations political charity or independent contributions, we all know that their actions are politically motivated as they contribute to influencing the political process, especially how Congress and state legislators pass laws and appropriate funds to special social programs.
Before 2010, there were restrictions on how much money companies could give to candidates. On January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court allowed corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited funds on elections as long as the candidates report to the FEC the amount of money they receive. The United States Supreme Court decision put a limit on how much an individual can give per election cycle through Political Action Committees but it does not limit how much a company can give through Super Political Action Committees. The latter can receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, and labor unions to finance independent expenditures and other independent political activity.
The decision by many companies to cut funding to the 147 U.S. Congress elected officials who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, proved that corporate money plays a big role in American politics. According to OpenSecrets.org, in 2010, super PACs spent $63 million in state and federal elections. By 2020, that figure was $2.1 billion. According to another analysis by STAT, in 2020, 2,467 state lawmaker campaigns receive money from pharmaceutical companies. BigPharma companies fund political campaigns of candidates who likely will vote to keep drug prices high or keep other pharmaceutical companies from entering the drug market. That year, the drug industry wrote over 10,000 individual checks totaling more than $10 million. Companies finance elections to put pressure on the government to pass laws and vote legislation that will benefit them.
Corporate money leads to centralized power, increases voting inequality, and legalizes above board corruption as it gives the wealthy political power and influence to keep imposing their legislative agenda on Congress and state legislatures. Companies donate to help elect candidates they hope will do their industry’s bidding or support a specific cause.
With corporate money comes legislation and lawmakers to block them or pass them. David Primo wrote in his latest book that the influx of large sums of money into politics damages trust in government, suppresses voter turnout, puts corporate interests first, and results in corruption.
Corporate money shuts down the voices of ordinary Americans whose votes, unless aligned with corporate greed, do not really count. Most of the corporate donations are dark money, meaning that PACs and SuperPACs mask the identities of their donors. At a time where many political and human rights organizations are holding debates and formulating arguments over election integrity and the basic fairness of the American democratic process; pouring corporate money into politics destroys people’ trust in their leaders’ abilities to do the job they were elected to do without any pressure from big donors.
Many scholars proposed stopping corporate political giving altogether to help the people regain trust in government and in the political system. She said that there is no reason to allow corporate America to donate to political campaigns because they pour money in politics to seek profits for their companies. However, I argue that corporate money is a double-edged sword and although it boosts big companies’ political influence; without it, many societal and environmental issues like global warming, immigration, healthcare to name a few, would have never been brought to light for the average American and ultimately have an opinion about it.
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast and remember to subscribe to this podcast on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, YouTube, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode 26 – U.S. Congress vs. State Legislatures
In the United States, laws are passed and official appointments are confirmed, at the federal level, by Congress or, at the state level, by state legislatures. Both Congress and state legislatures are bicameral except that of Nebraska. Bicameral means two chambers; the upper chamber, which is the Senate and the lower chamber, which is the House.
Hello and welcome to Azazel Podcast; the show that discusses political entrepreneurship and political literacy to educate listeners on the power of corporate money on local politics and government. Listen on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau and in today’s episode, I discussed the differences between congress and state legislatures. By the end of this episode, you will know how crucial your state legislators are in shaping democracy in your state.
In the United States, laws are passed and official appointments are confirmed, at the federal level, by Congress or, at the state level, by state legislatures. Both Congress and state legislatures are bicameral except that of Nebraska. Bicameral means two chambers; the upper chamber, which is the Senate and the lower chamber, which is the House.
In America, there is one Congress but there are 50 state legislatures. Congress is composed of 535 members; 100 Senators and 435 Houses of Representatives. Senators are elected for 6 years and stagger their elections into three cycles so that a third of the Senate is up for election every two years. Members of the House of Representatives are elected and up for reelection every two years.
Each state elects two Senators. However the number of representatives depends on the size of the state. The bigger the state the more representatives it has in the house. California has the most Representatives in the House because it is the largest State in terms of population. One of the most important functions of Congress is electing the president of the United States after the general election. When Congress meets to vote, they are called the Electoral College. In another episode, I will go explain how the electoral college works.
State legislatures refer to legislative bodies that are parts of state governments. Their members are elected for two years. State legislatures are also called, general assembly, general court, legislative assembly, or even just legislature. The size of a state legislature depends on the number of districts that state has, meaning that the state legislatures do not have the same number of members. The more districts, more elected officials in the state legislatures. Districts are composed of counties. A district may have one more county. A county is made up of several cities into a type of administrative division managed by local governments. In another episode, I will discuss the structure of local governments.
Both congress and state legislatures have the authority to make laws but congress make laws for the republic whereas state legislatures make laws for their respective state. Laws made by congress are signed or vetoed by the president whereas laws passed by state legislatures are signed or vetoed by the state governor.
Far more laws are decided at the state level than at the federal level. Generally, laws that are passed at the federal level gained public support and have been passed in several states before. For example, same-sex marriage only became a popular policy after state-level organizers and state legislatures passed marriage equality bills.
The Tenth Amendment establishes the powers and functions of congress and state legislatures. It gives all powers not specifically given to Congress to either the states or the people. The Tenth Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights. In another episode, I will explain the Bills of Rights and how they protect individual liberties and personal freedoms.
In summary, members of the U.S congress make laws for the country whereas members of the state legislatures make laws for their respective state.
Your state legislators or state lawmakers have much more power than members of congress. You should take any issues about which you are passionate to them because they represent you and you elect them to defend your interests.
Thanks for listening to the Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau and in today’s episode, I discussed the differences between congress and state legislatures. By the end of this episode, you will know how crucial your state legislators are in shaping democracy in your state.
In the United States, laws are passed and official appointments are confirmed, at the federal level, by Congress or, at the state level, by state legislatures. Both Congress and state legislatures are bicameral except that of Nebraska. Bicameral means two chambers; the upper chamber, which is the Senate and the lower chamber, which is the House.
In America, there is one Congress but there are 50 state legislatures. Congress is composed of 535 members; 100 Senators and 435 Houses of Representatives. Senators are elected for 6 years and stagger their elections into three cycles so that a third of the Senate is up for election every two years. Members of the House of Representatives are elected and up for reelection every two years.
Each state elects two Senators. However the number of representatives depends on the size of the state. The bigger the state the more representatives it has in the house. California has the most Representatives in the House because it is the largest State in terms of population. One of the most important functions of Congress is electing the president of the United States after the general election. When Congress meets to vote, they are called the Electoral College. In another episode, I will go explain how the electoral college works.
State legislatures refer to legislative bodies that are parts of state governments. Their members are elected for two years. State legislatures are also called, general assembly, general court, legislative assembly, or even just legislature. The size of a state legislature depends on the number of districts that state has, meaning that the state legislatures do not have the same number of members. The more districts, more elected officials in the state legislatures. Districts are composed of counties. A district may have one more county. A county is made up of several cities into a type of administrative division managed by local governments. In another episode, I will discuss the structure of local governments.
Both congress and state legislatures have the authority to make laws but congress make laws for the republic whereas state legislatures make laws for their respective state. Laws made by congress are signed or vetoed by the president whereas laws passed by state legislatures are signed or vetoed by the state governor.
Far more laws are decided at the state level than at the federal level. Generally, laws that are passed at the federal level gained public support and have been passed in several states before. For example, same-sex marriage only became a popular policy after state-level organizers and state legislatures passed marriage equality bills.
The Tenth Amendment establishes the powers and functions of congress and state legislatures. It gives all powers not specifically given to Congress to either the states or the people. The Tenth Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights. In another episode, I will explain the Bills of Rights and how they protect individual liberties and personal freedoms.
In summary, members of the U.S congress make laws for the country whereas members of the state legislatures make laws for their respective state.
Your state legislators or state lawmakers have much more power than members of congress. You should take any issues about which you are passionate to them because they represent you and you elect them to defend your interests.
Thanks for listening to the Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode 24 – Take control of contents you receive on your Tik Tok and Facebook Feeds
Not everyone receives the same content on their facebook or Tiktok account. There are two types of content; content based on your browsing history, your ethnicity and your address and content your ISP and your specific social platform want you to see.
Hello and welcome to Azazel Podcast; the show that discusses political entrepreneurship and political literacy to educate listeners on the power of corporate money on local politics and government. Listen on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau. In today’s episode, I explain how your Internet Service Provider controls the content you receive on social network feeds. By the end of this episode, you will know how to apply some simple techniques to regain control of your privacy.
Not everyone receives the same content on their facebook or Tiktok account. There are two types of content; content based on your browsing history, your ethnicity and your address and content your ISP and your specific social platform want you to see.
When you search for travel or schools on Google, these social platforms will deliver travel and school contents to you. If by chance, you search for porn and dancing, the content you will receive will be a lot of porn or women shaking their booty. This type of content also includes videos you like or videos you receive from your friends.
Based on the country in which you live, there are contents your Internet Service Provider and your specific social platform want you to see. These platforms use a certain algorithm to deliver content to you. They deliver them to you based on what is trending or what they want you to know.
Have you ever wondered why your titok feed is filled with videos about racism, pranks, jokes, women shaking their booty but never or few videos about self-motivation, free enterprise or social responsibility. The end state is to keep you entertained and to manipulate you into thinking whatever they want you to and to act however they want you to.
They double down on these contents because when they finally deliver a positive content to your feed, you only watch the first 3 seconds and go to share the stupid videos. The more you like or share a content, the more of that same content you receive.
Do you know that the Chinese or people in China do not receive or receive less of these videos? Their government ensures that Internet users in China receive social and educational content. They want Chinese people to know the good things about China and about China entrepreneurship. For the Chinese government, social networks are a tool to educate not to entertain. However here in America, 90% of us use it for funny and polarized videos. No wonder we are so illiterate, so lazy, and so woke to the point we cancel anyone who brings arguments different to the ones we receive on our Titok and Facebook feeds. When was the last time you made a conscious decision to watch a news channel that is not the one that came to your feed?
I am inviting you to do, if you can, a simple experiment. Go to China with the same cell phone you are using in America and open TitiTok. You will be disappointed to see that the content you receive will be to help you think for yourself and to become a positive member of your community.
However, I am not going to leave you without telling you how to take control of the content you receive. The techniques I am about to share with you apply for both TikTok and Facebook. I am unable to tell you if they will work for SnapChat and Instagram because I do not have an account with them.
Let’s start with your browsing history. On your cell phone,go to settings, then Safary, Chrome or whatever browser you use to go to the Internet. Look for Clear History and Website Data, and then Clear History data. Still on Settings, scroll down to locate Prevent Cross-Site Tracking and press on the button to turn it Gray.
Now, let’s go on Tik-Tok, if there is a video that shows on your feed that you do not want to see anymore, place your finger on your screen, a window will open, select Not Interested. This type of content will no longer show on your feed. Remember also that you do not need to follow back everyone who follows you.
Now, let’s jump on Facebook. More than likely, when you open facebook, you will land on Reels, not stories. If there is a video that shows on your feed you don’t like or you do not want to see anymore, open that video, on the bottom right of that video, you will see three vertical dots, click on them and select Hide Video. This type of content will no longer show on your facebook feeds.
However, TitkTok and Facebook will continue to deliver them to you, either you ignore them or you tell TikTok you are interested or hide them on Facebook.
Did you also know that your phone listens to you when you talk and your microphone can respond to you when you ask a friend a question? In another podcast, I will show how to disable that option.
When you use the Internet, you automatically give up your privacy but these platforms leave a way out for you. You just need to know it. If you don’t, you simply tell the world who you are like, what you like, and what you support.
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast and remember to subscribe to this podcast on www.hazazel.com.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau. In today’s episode, I explain how your Internet Service Provider controls the content you receive on social network feeds. By the end of this episode, you will know how to apply some simple techniques to regain control of your privacy.
Not everyone receives the same content on their facebook or Tiktok account. There are two types of content; content based on your browsing history, your ethnicity and your address and content your ISP and your specific social platform want you to see.
When you search for travel or schools on Google, these social platforms will deliver travel and school contents to you. If by chance, you search for porn and dancing, the content you will receive will be a lot of porn or women shaking their booty. This type of content also includes videos you like or videos you receive from your friends.
Based on the country in which you live, there are contents your Internet Service Provider and your specific social platform want you to see. These platforms use a certain algorithm to deliver content to you. They deliver them to you based on what is trending or what they want you to know.
Have you ever wondered why your titok feed is filled with videos about racism, pranks, jokes, women shaking their booty but never or few videos about self-motivation, free enterprise or social responsibility. The end state is to keep you entertained and to manipulate you into thinking whatever they want you to and to act however they want you to.
They double down on these contents because when they finally deliver a positive content to your feed, you only watch the first 3 seconds and go to share the stupid videos. The more you like or share a content, the more of that same content you receive.
Do you know that the Chinese or people in China do not receive or receive less of these videos? Their government ensures that Internet users in China receive social and educational content. They want Chinese people to know the good things about China and about China entrepreneurship. For the Chinese government, social networks are a tool to educate not to entertain. However here in America, 90% of us use it for funny and polarized videos. No wonder we are so illiterate, so lazy, and so woke to the point we cancel anyone who brings arguments different to the ones we receive on our Titok and Facebook feeds. When was the last time you made a conscious decision to watch a news channel that is not the one that came to your feed?
I am inviting you to do, if you can, a simple experiment. Go to China with the same cell phone you are using in America and open TitiTok. You will be disappointed to see that the content you receive will be to help you think for yourself and to become a positive member of your community.
However, I am not going to leave you without telling you how to take control of the content you receive. The techniques I am about to share with you apply for both TikTok and Facebook. I am unable to tell you if they will work for SnapChat and Instagram because I do not have an account with them.
Let’s start with your browsing history. On your cell phone,go to settings, then Safary, Chrome or whatever browser you use to go to the Internet. Look for Clear History and Website Data, and then Clear History data. Still on Settings, scroll down to locate Prevent Cross-Site Tracking and press on the button to turn it Gray.
Now, let’s go on Tik-Tok, if there is a video that shows on your feed that you do not want to see anymore, place your finger on your screen, a window will open, select Not Interested. This type of content will no longer show on your feed. Remember also that you do not need to follow back everyone who follows you.
Now, let’s jump on Facebook. More than likely, when you open facebook, you will land on Reels, not stories. If there is a video that shows on your feed you don’t like or you do not want to see anymore, open that video, on the bottom right of that video, you will see three vertical dots, click on them and select Hide Video. This type of content will no longer show on your facebook feeds.
However, TitkTok and Facebook will continue to deliver them to you, either you ignore them or you tell TikTok you are interested or hide them on Facebook.
Did you also know that your phone listens to you when you talk and your microphone can respond to you when you ask a friend a question? In another podcast, I will show how to disable that option.
When you use the Internet, you automatically give up your privacy but these platforms leave a way out for you. You just need to know it. If you don’t, you simply tell the world who you are like, what you like, and what you support.
Thank you for listening to Azazel Podcast and remember to subscribe to this podcast on www.hazazel.com.
Episode 23 – Identity politics is the most discriminatory principle in American public policy
What you have is neither who you are nor does it build your value. Your value is in what you know, not in the brand you wear, the mark of the vehicle you drive, or in the position you hold. Having value is not about looking good but about doing good. You increase your worth in putting your know-how toward bettering yourself and your community. When you are in danger, sick, old, or alone, it is not what you have but what you know that helps you survive.
What you have is neither who you are nor does it build your value. Your value is in what you know, not in the brand you wear, the mark of the vehicle you drive, or in the position you hold. Having value is not about looking good but about doing good. You increase your worth in putting your know-how toward bettering yourself and your community. When you are in danger, sick, old, or alone, it is not what you have but what you know that helps you survive.
The way we first hear a story becomes our opinion, our fact, our truth, our guiding principle. We cancel label as out of touch
Hello and welcome to Azazel Podcast; the show that discusses entrepreneurship and political literacy. Azazel Podcast empowers you to be financially literate and politically active. Listen on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau and in today’s episode, I discussed identify politics and how it leads to legal discrimination. By the end of this episode, you will know that Identity politics is the most selfish principle in American public policy.
Politics in America is no longer about political parties, it is no longer about shared ideals and equal opportunities.; it is now about personal identity; it is about telling others that we are different from them and because of that, we deserve to be treated differently..
Americans no longer vote based on what they think but on based on what they are or what they are. Politics in America is now about identity politics where certain groups of people, who feel they are discriminated against, organize themselves politically to advance their self interests without regard or concerns for the majority.
Thus were born gay rights, women rights, immigrant rights, Black Lives Matter, and many others alike. The issue with identity politics is that their proponents do not seek to remove these obstacles they identify as discriminatory. They rather seek to create a society where people, instead of being considered as society-members, are rather being treated based on their color, gender, origin, or sexual orientation.
Identity politics do not promote equal rights, but individual rights and that causes political division and social discord where these specific groups, calling themselves “minority” , feel more entitled to certain advantages than another group.
The gay feels entitled to that job over the black person while the woman feels she is the best person for the position. They all showcase what they are but not whether they are qualified for the position.
Identity politics reinforce the same discriminatory practices they say they are fighting against. Brandishing their color, gender, or sexual orientation to gain certain privileges is discriminating against people who are fully qualified to receive such privileges.
Tell a white kid that he did not get accepted into college because the school had to reserve some spots for black kids. Tell a poor black man that he cannot get the job because the company has to hire a woman.
Thank you for listening to the Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
anyone who tries to tell us that same story a different way.
We believe so deeply in the first thing we hear that we cancel anyone who says something different. We want everyone to think alike, behave alike, love or hate the same person that we do. Other people’s opinions do not matter or as the media woke us to say “out of touch.”
America is no longer diverse. It is now “Be uniform or be canceled.”
The way we first hear a story becomes our opinion, our fact, our truth, our guiding principle. We cancel label as out of touch
Hello and welcome to Azazel Podcast; the show that discusses entrepreneurship and political literacy. Azazel Podcast empowers you to be financially literate and politically active. Listen on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Dr. Bobb Rousseau and in today’s episode, I discussed identify politics and how it leads to legal discrimination. By the end of this episode, you will know that Identity politics is the most selfish principle in American public policy.
Politics in America is no longer about political parties, it is no longer about shared ideals and equal opportunities.; it is now about personal identity; it is about telling others that we are different from them and because of that, we deserve to be treated differently..
Americans no longer vote based on what they think but on based on what they are or what they are. Politics in America is now about identity politics where certain groups of people, who feel they are discriminated against, organize themselves politically to advance their self interests without regard or concerns for the majority.
Thus were born gay rights, women rights, immigrant rights, Black Lives Matter, and many others alike. The issue with identity politics is that their proponents do not seek to remove these obstacles they identify as discriminatory. They rather seek to create a society where people, instead of being considered as society-members, are rather being treated based on their color, gender, origin, or sexual orientation.
Identity politics do not promote equal rights, but individual rights and that causes political division and social discord where these specific groups, calling themselves “minority” , feel more entitled to certain advantages than another group.
The gay feels entitled to that job over the black person while the woman feels she is the best person for the position. They all showcase what they are but not whether they are qualified for the position.
Identity politics reinforce the same discriminatory practices they say they are fighting against. Brandishing their color, gender, or sexual orientation to gain certain privileges is discriminating against people who are fully qualified to receive such privileges.
Tell a white kid that he did not get accepted into college because the school had to reserve some spots for black kids. Tell a poor black man that he cannot get the job because the company has to hire a woman.
Thank you for listening to the Azazel Podcast. Remember to subscribe on www.hazazel.com, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.
anyone who tries to tell us that same story a different way.
We believe so deeply in the first thing we hear that we cancel anyone who says something different. We want everyone to think alike, behave alike, love or hate the same person that we do. Other people’s opinions do not matter or as the media woke us to say “out of touch.”
America is no longer diverse. It is now “Be uniform or be canceled.”
Episode 22 – China’s grand strategy to surpass the United States by 2035
The United States seeks peace, freedom and global equality, while China seeks global prosperity, political control and social stability. In 2030, China will equal the United States. By 2040, it will assert its diplomatic, informational, military and economic global dominance, which means that in 2035, China, and not the United States, will be the first world power.
The United States seeks peace, freedom and global equality, while China seeks global prosperity, political control and social stability. In 2030, China will equal the United States. By 2040, it will assert its diplomatic, informational, military and economic global dominance, which means that in 2035, China, and not the United States, will be the first world power.
China describes how it will conquer the world in a document entitled “The Grand Plan Strategy”. This document details how China will displace the American order, establish economic partnerships with other countries and increase China’s economic influence to transform the communist country into a financial, diplomatic and military superpower. The grand strategy is a plan that will make China relevant and influential in international trade and foreign investment if it is implemented as planned.
Without a doubt, China is becoming the largest broker of international loans in the world and the most influential trader in the world. To do this, it lends money to small countries to modernize their economy, attract international investors and sell Chinese goods and services to the whole world at affordable prices.
The United States is China’s main customer for all technological, electrical and electronic items. In June 2021, the United States represented 53% of goods and services imported from China, which means that approximately 10 million goods consumed in the United States came from China.
The United States contributes to China’s economic expansion while African countries contribute to its political expansion. China has lent billions of dollars to many African countries to modernize their economy and infrastructure. These loans are conditioned by the fact that the beneficiary countries are on the side of China and do not recognize Taiwan, one of the United States’ biggest allies on the Asian continent, as an independent country. Politics plays a vital role in the domination of China. China is a single party country where the government is unified, without opposition and free from all political distractions.
China plans to conquer the world by 2050. However, due to its rapid expansion, global economic experts predict that it could achieve its goals by 2035. American financial experts say that it is too late to that America maintains its lead over China by 2030. The researchers recommend more investments in production, the army, education, health and science to create more American jobs. When Americans work, America produces more, imports more and exports less.
However, I maintain that the increase in production will not solve the problem because of the cost of cheap Chinese labor for American industries. If Apple built its devices in America, no American would be able to afford a smartphone because it is cheaper for Apple to manufacture an iPhone in China than in America. I maintain that everything is a question of politics; China uses the American political division to continue providing goods and services to a distracted America and impose its domination on the whole world.
China describes how it will conquer the world in a document entitled “The Grand Plan Strategy”. This document details how China will displace the American order, establish economic partnerships with other countries and increase China’s economic influence to transform the communist country into a financial, diplomatic and military superpower. The grand strategy is a plan that will make China relevant and influential in international trade and foreign investment if it is implemented as planned.
Without a doubt, China is becoming the largest broker of international loans in the world and the most influential trader in the world. To do this, it lends money to small countries to modernize their economy, attract international investors and sell Chinese goods and services to the whole world at affordable prices.
The United States is China’s main customer for all technological, electrical and electronic items. In June 2021, the United States represented 53% of goods and services imported from China, which means that approximately 10 million goods consumed in the United States came from China.
The United States contributes to China’s economic expansion while African countries contribute to its political expansion. China has lent billions of dollars to many African countries to modernize their economy and infrastructure. These loans are conditioned by the fact that the beneficiary countries are on the side of China and do not recognize Taiwan, one of the United States’ biggest allies on the Asian continent, as an independent country. Politics plays a vital role in the domination of China. China is a single party country where the government is unified, without opposition and free from all political distractions.
China plans to conquer the world by 2050. However, due to its rapid expansion, global economic experts predict that it could achieve its goals by 2035. American financial experts say that it is too late to that America maintains its lead over China by 2030. The researchers recommend more investments in production, the army, education, health and science to create more American jobs. When Americans work, America produces more, imports more and exports less.
However, I maintain that the increase in production will not solve the problem because of the cost of cheap Chinese labor for American industries. If Apple built its devices in America, no American would be able to afford a smartphone because it is cheaper for Apple to manufacture an iPhone in China than in America. I maintain that everything is a question of politics; China uses the American political division to continue providing goods and services to a distracted America and impose its domination on the whole world.
Episode 21 – Private Schools, Public School Choice, and Assigned Public Schools
School choice is one of the most controversial topics in education today as it provides many benefits for children and their parents. However, there are laws and regulations that make it harder for parents to choose the school their children attend.
Where you live dictate where your children go to school. Wherever you live, there is a state-funded school near your physical address. There can be several public schools in one district but if you do not want your children to attend the ones closest to you, you must get an authorization from your district board of education. If they approve you, you will be responsible for taking your children to their school because the school bus assigned to a specific school will not pick up your children to take them to their further school. In this video, I will be talking about school choice.
School choice is one of the most controversial topics in education today as it provides many benefits for children and their parents. However, there are laws and regulations that make it harder for parents to choose the school their children attend.
School choice is both public schools and private schools. Private schools are also called voucher schools. Public schools are funded by the government and are located at the proximity to homes in the neighborhood makes them easy for children to attend. They are free for all children to attend, and the government dictates which ones your children must attend based on your address.
There are three types of public schools: Neighboring Public School, Charter Schools, and Magnet Schools, which are tuition free, publicly funded, publicly managed except for Charter schools that are managed by teachers, parents, and community members Both charter schools and magnet schools require special considerations and enrollments to be accepted.
Parents who do not feel the public school system is not challenging enough for their children may decide to enroll their children in private schools. Private schools are also located in the community, but they are not funded by the government. Parents can enroll their children at any private schools, even private schools outside their city or district if they can afford it. As opposed to public schools, parents require no authorization from the city and state. The government establishes a program through which they give vouchers to parents to help them pay the tuition at their private schools. Practically, the state takes money out of the public school system and gives it to the parents. Critics of the school voucher program say that School vouchers skim the best students away from the public school system, making it difficult for public schools to make the grade on standardized test scores and get subsequent funding for higher scores.
Supporters of the voucher program say that private schools always offer a better quality of education than public schools and that the government must increase the amount of the vouchers they give to parents. They go ever further to say that some neighborhoods do not require public schools; the state must simply invest in private school buildups.
The school voucher program is a bad policy as it reduces already tight school district budgets. Low school budgets undermine the value of public education while valuing that of private education. Parents who decide to not send their children to their neighborhood public, charter, or magnet schools should not receive any support from the government.
School choice is one of the most controversial topics in education today as it provides many benefits for children and their parents. However, there are laws and regulations that make it harder for parents to choose the school their children attend.
School choice is both public schools and private schools. Private schools are also called voucher schools. Public schools are funded by the government and are located at the proximity to homes in the neighborhood makes them easy for children to attend. They are free for all children to attend, and the government dictates which ones your children must attend based on your address.
There are three types of public schools: Neighboring Public School, Charter Schools, and Magnet Schools, which are tuition free, publicly funded, publicly managed except for Charter schools that are managed by teachers, parents, and community members Both charter schools and magnet schools require special considerations and enrollments to be accepted.
Parents who do not feel the public school system is not challenging enough for their children may decide to enroll their children in private schools. Private schools are also located in the community, but they are not funded by the government. Parents can enroll their children at any private schools, even private schools outside their city or district if they can afford it. As opposed to public schools, parents require no authorization from the city and state. The government establishes a program through which they give vouchers to parents to help them pay the tuition at their private schools. Practically, the state takes money out of the public school system and gives it to the parents. Critics of the school voucher program say that School vouchers skim the best students away from the public school system, making it difficult for public schools to make the grade on standardized test scores and get subsequent funding for higher scores.
Supporters of the voucher program say that private schools always offer a better quality of education than public schools and that the government must increase the amount of the vouchers they give to parents. They go ever further to say that some neighborhoods do not require public schools; the state must simply invest in private school buildups.
The school voucher program is a bad policy as it reduces already tight school district budgets. Low school budgets undermine the value of public education while valuing that of private education. Parents who decide to not send their children to their neighborhood public, charter, or magnet schools should not receive any support from the government.
