From the My Stupid State series:
When running for guber, Rick Scott repeatedly said on the campaing trail that he would NOT cut school spending.
He vowed over and over again that there would be no cuts, that he would keep the budget the same.
But our Lex Luther looking and acting governor lied. That's a big word to use, but its true.
If you live here in Central Florida, you know columnist Scott Maxwell. For the first time in his writing career, he said that he is forced to call someone a flat out LIAR. No surprise it would be Rick Scott.
I guess if you take the fifth 75 times, you get pretty good at it.
That bastard is proposing the deepest cuts in our state's history...and the overwhelming brunt of it is EDUCATION. THREE BILLION in education cut across the board: general revenue, state revenue, and per pupil funding.
BUT these cuts are really, really needed, says the GOP. Times are tough, and we all have to tighten our belts. (Unless you are the superrich, who received a desperately needed massive tax break on Yachts.)
Education bears the worst of it, but struggling agencies across the board are proposed to be cut: mostly those that cater to the most vulnerable. He also proposed cutting our already underfunded prisons, and practically abolishing the one toothless agency we have that regulates growth.
But you gotta look out for number one. There was ONE increase in ONE government agency that the governor is seeking to grow — the executive office of the governor. The budget would more than double and add almost 100 employees to his already bloated staff.
Yeah.. nice teabagger. Because if there is one thing our state can agree on, its that we need less education and more government spending for YOUR office.
Cripes! Our state is already in really BAD shape for education, and ranks next to the bottom on per pupil funding. But I guess that's the reason the conservatives want to keep it that way.
What better way to ensure we elect these losers than to keep our people stupid?
"Private school choice programs, in other words, aren't just a proven way to increase student achievement. They are a great way to save a huge amount of money.
ReplyDeleteIn Florida, for instance, the state's education tax credit program that funds private school choice saves huge sums every year. The state gains $1.49 in savings for every $1 it loses in tax revenue according to a 2008 fiscal impact analysis by the government's Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability. That's one reason almost every Republican, 42 percent of Democrats and more than half of the black caucus voted for a dramatic expansion of the education tax credit program." From the Cato Institute
Here's a problem... if you give people money to send a child to school in the form of a voucher, the private institutions will JUST RAISE their tuition to the amount of the voucher. Again, ensuring only the wealthy kids get in. The other kids will be kicked to the curb.
ReplyDeleteEducation is one area where EVERYONE should be on an equal playing field. Government provides a service--it is not always about profit. The service here is education, and we should never short change our kids!