{"id":10876,"date":"2013-08-16T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10876"},"modified":"2013-08-17T01:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T08:01:42","slug":"gop-education-blackmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/16\/gop-education-blackmail\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Education Blackmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican Party has a plan for education.  It comes down to taking our tax dollars for schools out of the public school system, and putting it into private and charter schools.  The tactics they are using to bring this about are beneath despicable.  Consider the case of one of America’s worst Governors, Tom Corbett.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"16Corbett\"With less than a month left until students return to school, Philadelphia's schools are in crisis. But it's a manufactured crisis just like we've seen in every other district where the charter schools\/privatization agenda is in full swing. Don't be fooled by this hostage-taking. This was the plan all along<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

While Tom Corbett's $400 million prison<\/a> seems to be proceeding right on schedule, Philly schools are still underfunded<\/a> and facing a deficit of at least $50 million dollars. What to do? <\/font><\/p>\n

Bust teachers' unions, of course<\/a><\/font><\/font>. …<\/font><\/p>\n

…That NBC article is a little bit gentle. Here's what Corbett and his lieutenants actually said<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Gov. Corbett emphatically rejected on Tuesday a request to release $45 million in state funds, the latest twist in the ongoing battle to resolve the Philadelphia School District's financial crisis. <\/font>Corbett's budget secretary, Charles Zogby, said the money would not be available until the teachers' union signs a contract that includes substantial "fiscal savings and academic reforms." <\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

"The law is clear," Corbett reiterated during an appearance in Chester. "Until that takes place, there can be no release of funds."<\/font><\/p>\n

In other words, teachers, give everything up or the kids get shot. Nice work, there, Tom Corbett. There's a word for what you're doing. It's called bad-faith bargaining. [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars<\/a>><\/p>\n

Here’s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n

Correction: I had to delete the video, because the embed code at C&L points to the wrong video.  Click through to the site to see it.  Kudos to Lynn for the catch. <\/span><\/p>\n

I fully support the teachers.  Beyond that, This is just a scheme to take away tax money for poor kids, leaving them with schools so inferior that it virtually assures their continued poverty.  Then they want to use it to pay for superior education for rich kids and indoctrination in pseudo-Christian hate for Theocons’ kids.  And who gets to pay for it?  If you live in one of the many states where Republicans are using their control to wage their War on Education, YOU do!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Republican Party has a plan for education.  It comes down to taking our tax dollars for schools out of the public school system, and putting it into private and charter schools.  The tactics they are using to bring this about are beneath despicable.  Consider the case of one of America’s worst Governors, Tom Corbett. […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}