Indocrination? I hope so!

My 4th grader has quite the Reagan conservative perspective on the World. Her common sense approach to issues and straight thinking/talking manner will make her just as unelectable as her father, I mean, nobody wants to hear the truth or common sense when it comes to politics. Just tell me what you are going to do for me, and I will blindly vote for you with all the careful consideration of the rest of our consumer driven instant gratification society without regard for future consequences.

Her 4th grade class has been studying various government types as well as business and economics concepts such as monopolies, socialism, wealth, and supply and demand. Recently she brought home a test with the following hilarious essay question & answer.

Q: How is competition between manufacturers good for the people who buy their products?

A: Take the car companies for instance, if Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford all make similar "09 Coca Cola Minivans" Mrs. B (her teacher) will want one. But Ford has a built in Coca-Cola machine that looks bad, and General Motors is overpriced. But Chryslers Coca-Cola mini van is perfect and at the lowest price. It is good because if only Ford was allowed to make them, Mrs. B would have no choice! Now she can go and find the best one at the price she can afford

Right as rain puddin' A little competition should improve the consumer's price and performance, this also occasioned a discussion (more like a lecture) from dad about unfunded multi billion dollar CAFE mandates, uncontrolled wasteful government spending while lecturing businesses that actually produce goods and services about their corporate jet usage, and unamerican trade practices, all used to force auto companies to make cars Americans won't buy cause they are massively overpriced and can't actually replace a internal combustion driven vehicle... but I digress, she is used to my occasional Mark Levin style tirades against the stupid hypocrisy of our elected "leaders"