@ucantstop_me
I think it has to a degree. But they are still around making trouble.
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The plan aimed to eventually allow all K-12 students in Tennessee to apply for taxpayer-funded school vouchers to offset private school costs, regardless of income.
From 9/21ish, when the โcrisisโ was being ginned up โ
@InUnfunky
Right. Because why bother seeking professional opinions for our kids. Just any old opinions of parents will do. Maybe they don't even have a high school diploma?? ๐
these are the people they want making those decisions
Dunno 'bout y'all but these are the same types of people I want piloting planes, performing heart surgery, and electing reality show presidents in love with KGB agents.
Ooops.
@InUnfunky @tgraph52
Right. Let's dumb America down even further. I am already scared to go in public.
@tgraph52 @InUnfunky
Don't get me wrong. I think parents should have a say. But that is one reason we have teachers, and school boards. Not these idiots.
parents have always had a say and a strong influence through the PTA and other parent/teacher organizations
@tgraph52 @InUnfunky
They sure have. Going back to when I was a kid and my kids were and now. This is the way it should be.
plus the cake walk at the annual grade school carnival ๐
@CinnamonGirlE My first thought was Betsy DeVos. Why do Republicans want to destroy education
@JusDucky
Her! ๐คฎ๐คข
Cheap, uneducated laborโฆ
@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
It has a lot to do with fundamentalist Christians -- or that specific brand of republican -- it ties in with them not wanting their children taught evolution.
In the bible belt, there are people who 100% believe that men have one fewer rib than women, that humans walked the earth with dinosaurs, and the story of Noah and the flood was literal and factual. They believe this.
And public education teaches differently.
Plus, it costs money too and is desegregated.
@janallmac @JusDucky
Yes. Trust me. I live in the south among these idiots. They plan vacations to the ark, and don't want their girls to do anything but have kids and get married.
@CinnamonGirlE The MAGA branch of my family is like this. ๐ @janallmac @JusDucky
@jaunty @janallmac @JusDucky MAGA families everywhere are like this. You aren't alone in that. Sorry though, for all of us.
@jaunty @CinnamonGirlE @JusDucky
Public education is so, so important, IMO, but some people see it as a threat and others want to profit off education the way many colleges do. So certain groups are hoping to destroy it.
@janallmac @jaunty @CinnamonGirlE People are mad because there is a school funding referendum every few years. If the schools were adequately funded, we would not need these referendums. The arguments I hear from people are just awful: racist comments about handing out condoms, as people shouldn't have kids if they cant afford to feed them (which FYI does not come out of property taxes), calls for sterilization if kids require free lunch.
#SchoolReferendum #TaxTheRich
In my experience, they can sometimes be decent, family-oriented types of people, but badly misguided. They're terribly, terribly indoctrinated. And...They've gleefully gotten in bed with billionaires who would love to bring back child labor and who are motivated mainly by profit and greed.
@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
And then throw in the fact that public school might mean your child meets people of other races or religions, learn about evolution, and potentially do something other than get married and have children, and it just terrifies them. It's very sad, and very, very dangerous.
@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
And then... on top of allllll that...
We have colleges engaging in questionable practices and earning their bad reputations, to put it mildly, so people look askew at that and see it as proof that "education is bad!"
AND there is a huge, huge financial incentive to privatize education, so I guarandamntee you some people know this and want to benefit.
And it is just a gigantic clusterfuck.
@janallmac @JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE The wealthy want to limit education to their scions. They want a permanent destitute underclass to guarantee the success of their progeny. They will happily use christianists to get what they want.
@Boyceaz @janallmac @CinnamonGirlE And the christianists will use whatever means at their disposal to get what THEY want, like zero abortions, contract marriage, no gays, no separation of church and state as long as it is only their church, etc. Beware of Mike Johnson. Dems should not be quick to help this guy retain his speakership. He is one seat away from the oval office after VP Harris.
@janallmac @JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE there was something someone once said about privatization.. let me see if i can find it because momentarily his name escapes me..
@Museek @janallmac @JusDucky
Privatization of education will destroy the country. And sadly, thatโs exactly what they want.
@CinnamonGirlE @janallmac @JusDucky this.. i had it on the tip of my tongue but couldn't remember who said it and didn't want to misquote
@Museek @janallmac @JusDucky
I hope we are able to reverse things and keep democracy. It will always be a battle.
@CinnamonGirlE @Museek @janallmac Its true. That is what they want. They also do not want most people to live past retirement age. If you are not in the workforce, no longer paying income tax and don't vote for them, you are not contributing so....limits on your healthcare, prescription drugs unaffordable, maybe even access to food or affordable housing is out of reach ,
@CinnamonGirlE @Museek @janallmac
I know this to be true because I am living this. I have worked my whole life and most of my savings were gone, misused by my ex and later a contentious custody fight. Then I left my job and took care of my dad and my disabled brother. My dad passed in 2020 at the start of COVID and here we are, Our savings are quickly being depleted and we both have health issues in our 70s.
@janallmac @CinnamonGirlE
And the right wingers in office like to have uneducated rubes as constituents who will vote for them. They do NOT want higher education to be affordable. Educated people who know actual facts, are not as easily seduced by hate, fear and racism.
I am a Mom for Education. These brats disgust me.
@Y2cake
Moms for Liberty you mean?
@CinnamonGirlE
The brats are M4Liberty.
Sane people are educating and nurturing our kids
@Y2cake
Yes. They are brats. Need to be shown their seat.
Years ago my brother tried to lecture me on public schools (as my kid was entering public school).
He made it through school doing the absolute minimum. Didn't even have friends. Was 30, unmarried, and living with mom. Didn't have a job. No girlfriends, no kids.
I told him to stay in his goddamn lane.
Of course he became a MAGAt.
@Agatha
I am all for people staying in their own fucking lane. Of course, that sometimes has to be shown to people. I have no problem with that.
@CinnamonGirlE I thought their popularity had dropped.