By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation,
First, there was a blackout at the Newark airport that left air traffic control agents in the dark for a dangerous 90-seconds. Secondly, thousands of flights surrounding Newark airport have been canceled or delayed over constant system failures.
One of the problems is that airlines and airports are understaffed.
To cure the longstanding problem, President Obama lowered the standards for the FAA Academy. It was designed to help minorities. It made things worse because it attracted people who were not fit for the program. Now nearly 50% of the people who enter the program quit. A staggering waste of resources for both the government and the individual. Furthermore it made the staffing crisis worse.
This is the exact solution Oregon applied to its abysmal graduation rate. The liberal politicians simply addressed the problem by voting to lower graduation standards. Once you lower academic standards, these under-prepared students go on to fail in college in greater numbers. Furthermore, they are stuck taking remedial classes which further pulls them behind and drives up their cost.
W noticed the irony that as Oregon lowered graduation standards, they also kept their strict limits on who could attend a public chart school (where students have a higher chance of succeeding).
Also, at this exact moment, Oregon is considering two Kotek bills that would lower the standard for what qualifies as a registered sex offender. They wish to lower the standard in order to deal with the backlog of 18,000 sex offender cases that have not been processed. You can guess the impact that this will have.
Portland experienced the experiment for low standards when they stopped enforcing minor traffic violations as a way to achieve more equity. The end result was a record-number of traffic fatalities.
This is a warning to Oregon from Newark. Don’t lower standards, neither in school nor in traffic fines , nor in criminal sex offenders. It is a recipe for disaster.
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