Budget negotiators meet again; Republicans speak out AGAINST education
We all know Republicans loathe education because a highly educated population means less votes for them, but House Appropriates Committee chairman Lacey Putney came right out and said that education is not a Republican priority during budget negotiations this week.
Governor Tim Kaine met with budget negotiators, who were mixed on whether they thought a deal on the state’s two-year, $78 billion spending plan could be reached by Saturday’s scheduled adjournment.
Kaine pushed once more Friday for expanding pre-K statewide, but House Appropriations Committee chairman Lacey Putney said that wasn’t a priority for Republican negotiators.
Putney, an independent who organizes with the Republicans, said he didn’t think there was any way a deal could be reached by Saturday.
The negotiators are expected to meet again today to try and work out a deal.
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James Young Says :
March 7, 2008 at 2:01 pm
“a highly educated population means less votes for them”
Typical far-Left arrogance. And bold words from a movement which includes teachers’ unions, whose rise in power coincides precisely with falling standardized test scores.
BTW, Republicans aren’t “against education.” We’re against “government-monopolized education.”
Get it right.
hoobie Says :
March 7, 2008 at 2:49 pm
“government-monopolized education”
It appears that our friend on the right confirms this unfortuate stereotype.
There is no government monopoly on education, learning or knowledge. You need to go back to school and get it right.
Learn to think for youself instead of parroting mindless slogans.
James Young Says :
March 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
“There is no government monopoly on education….”
Really? Ask parents in California, who have been told that they cannot homeschool their children unless they obtain a government license to do so.
And I’ll pass on going back to a mediocre government school. If you on the far Left were more interested in “education” than you were in control, you would have no problem with vouchers. Many private schools do as good or better a job at educating children than government schools.
Talk about learning to “think for yourself”!
You might want to try addressing the point made, rather than dismissing it as “parroting mindless slogans.” “Parroting mindless slogans” is complaining that — what is the phrase? — “Republicans loathe education” simply because they don’t want to throw more money at it.
Of course, that’s so much easier and “mindless” than addressing the argument.
Terry Carter Says :
March 8, 2008 at 9:07 am
“Really? Ask parents in California, who have been told that they cannot homeschool their children unless they obtain a government license to do so.”
And that’s a bad thing? I mean, do you really think every.single.person who has a child is qualified to teach? No? Didn’t think so.
James Young Says :
March 12, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Yes, it’s a bad thing. Obviously, your government-schools education failed to instill in you information about the liberty-based principles of American government.
However, Terry, I will agree that not “every.single.person who has a child is qualified to teach,” if you’ll agree that not every government-school teacher is qualified to teach.
davina hunter Says :
May 20, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I have spent time with students from ‘public school’ and ‘home school’ programs. My observations: The children from ‘home school’ programs seem to demonstrate longer attention spans, stay ‘on task’ despite outside distractions, and seem to listen, watch and practice with greater acuity than their ‘public schooled’ peers.
The potential for ‘bad homeschooling’, is a symptom of a far greater, more important cause: Some people should never have kids in the first place. No matter where or how they educate the little darlings, they wil burden their communities with their ill conceived family plans!
We do not need more laws dictating to us when and how to educate our kids!
Far better would be laws ensuring family planning and preparenting (like a five year pre-parent program) resources for those who wish to become parents!
All children should enjoy the benefit of a financially, emotionally stable, loving, committed set of parents. In all socioeconomic classes, this is, too often, not the case.
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