This was inspired by reading about Michigan Governor Rick Snyder conniving to reduce spending for public education to $5,000 per student, while simultaneously having his own children enrolled in a private school that charges $20,000 per student.
Let's make it a matter of law that every elected official must enroll his or her children in the public school system.
That means every governor/premier/minister of education will by law have to put their children in the same system they provide for the common folks.
Yes, this proposal is short on specifics...
But it doesn't require them. Pass this law and the details will soon enough take care of themselves.
Showing posts with label Greenhill School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greenhill School. Show all posts
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
The mind-boggling hypocrisies of Governor Rick Snyder
Rick Snyder rode into office on a Thatcherite charger proclaiming the usual grab-bag of certitudes we've all been too well acquainted with since the days of Ron and Maggie.
He would get Michigan working again!
Michigan would be free to re-invent itself!
Mr. Snyder won the Governorship of Michigan because on election day 56% of eligible voters stayed home.
During his campaign he assured the good people of Michigan that right-to-work-for-less legislation hadn't even occurred to him.
It occurred to him right after being voted in, and now the good people of Michigan are saddled with it.
Snyder knows that education is broken, and apparently the main problem is that society spends too much money on it. He had a secret team of consultants and advisers brainstorming how to get education spending down to $5,000 per student per year.
Obviously, if spending too much creates a shitty education system it can be improved by spending less!
Then a fund-raising video turns up from Greenhill School where his own kids go. The private school needs donations because the $20,000 per year tuition doesn't cover the expense of a decent education!
That's right! Poor kids in Michigan can get a great education for $5,000 a year. Sanctimonious Snyder's kids deserve better; at least four times better!
That should tell you something about Snyder's world view.
He would get Michigan working again!
Michigan would be free to re-invent itself!
Mr. Snyder won the Governorship of Michigan because on election day 56% of eligible voters stayed home.
During his campaign he assured the good people of Michigan that right-to-work-for-less legislation hadn't even occurred to him.
It occurred to him right after being voted in, and now the good people of Michigan are saddled with it.
Snyder knows that education is broken, and apparently the main problem is that society spends too much money on it. He had a secret team of consultants and advisers brainstorming how to get education spending down to $5,000 per student per year.
Obviously, if spending too much creates a shitty education system it can be improved by spending less!
Then a fund-raising video turns up from Greenhill School where his own kids go. The private school needs donations because the $20,000 per year tuition doesn't cover the expense of a decent education!
That's right! Poor kids in Michigan can get a great education for $5,000 a year. Sanctimonious Snyder's kids deserve better; at least four times better!
That should tell you something about Snyder's world view.
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