Saturday, October 10, 2020

toa rewind - make america debate again, part three (october 2020)

Today's rewind is part 3, which was about Question 2 - should Massachusetts education officials be allowed to approve up to 12 new charter schools per year? This section mentioned (without exploring) a fundamental question about elections - how much should the quality of available choices be factored into the way we think about policy? Should the people be more concerned with improving the quality or quantity of options?

Some other notes:

*The document referred to throughout is the state's official "information for voters" election prep packet, mailed to all voters prior to the election.

*This one had a couple of quips that could have been the official TOA slogan from 2016 through 2019 - "just because you make a better argument doesn't mean you are right" or "I see the logic, but I don't see the point."

*The question lost, rejected by 62% of voters.