Thursday, May 26, 2011

Principles and economies

Could we really build an economy on ten principles? It would be nice, but somehow I doubt that certain powers that be would welcome such a change. Heck, it looks like Elizabeth Warren will have to use the back door to get into a new office.

"Students are screwed. Republicans are undermining public education in America. All around the country – Republican governors are pillaging their state’s education budgets – siphoning off hundreds of millions of dollars from public education and moving that money into voucher programs. These voucher programs even give corporations dollar-for-dollar tax breaks to give families a voucher to send their student to a charter school or a private religious school.

So the government – through corporate middlemen – is funding religious schools. In Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker is slashing $900 million out of his education budget and adding $750 million to a school voucher program. Likewise – in New Jersey – Governor Chris Christie cut $820 million out of his education budget last year – then created an $825 million school voucher program this year. Since Reagan – Republicans have been trying to kneecap public education in America – just so corporate CEOs and churches can turn education into a big business.

Thomas Jefferson devoted his life to free, public education available to everyone in America rich or poor. But today – Republicans are turning their back on our most influential founding father."

Thom Hartmann

Oh dear, it looks like we may have hit peak oil production 5 years ago....



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