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My illusion? You must be living under a rock. The whole country (Common Sense Conservatives anyway) are just waiting for his word. He's playing it cool. I'm sure don't watch Fox TV. He was on again today and just give us another hint. If he goes for it, just sit back and watch. I know you'll hate it though. The comedian here is YOU.
I'm done now in case you want to come back with any more silliness.
Oh you final silliness is enough for my afternoon....
If a parent wants to send their kid to a private religious school, they should go for it. But the should not expect the taxpayer to foot the bill.
If a child has a special education need that cannot be addressed at their local public school, tuition at the private school works for me. But that private specialty school such as those that teach dyslexic kids the to read sound reasonable. Those privates getting tax money need annual audits. A couple times a years we in Houston learn about Charter schools using state money to buy planes or pay relatives of the minister huge sums for serving on the board.
The point of the OP obviously went over your head.
Taxpayers(well the 60% that actually pay some taxes) are already footing the bill. The parents that actually care about their kids and what they are learning know that Public schools are failing and becoming a democratic social laboratory. Those parents want something better and want to take the money that is being spent on their kid in the Public school to another schooling option that works better for them.
The point from the OP is that the same Democrats who are telling us that public schools are great and provide a great education are the ones who take their kids out of those schools into private schools. It's great that they can pay for them, but they are telling the "common folk"...Sorry you don't have enough money so you can't be with the elites. And the sad part is that a lot of the "common folk"...go right along with them instead of seeing how much hypocrisy there is.
As for the audits. I agree they should be audited....and so should PUBLIC schools let's see where these billions of dollars in people's tax dollars ended up being spent. And in Houston perhaps there were more but I found a couple of cases from 2018 and 2021....hardly a couple of times a year. And if it was a couple of times a year it would be interesting to see where they lean
The point of the OP obviously went over your head.
no, you are arguing a false premise.
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The point from the OP is that the same Democrats who are telling us that public schools are great and provide a great education are the ones who take their kids out of those schools into private schools.
Its probably more about safety considering their parents are high level officials. Catholic school in a major city 40 years ago was also basically free (less than 1,000 dollars in some cases).
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It's great that they can pay for them, but they are telling the "common folk"...Sorry you don't have enough money so you can't be with the elites. And the sad part is that a lot of the "common folk"...go right along with them instead of seeing how much hypocrisy there is.
Its not hypocritical as Dems actually want to fix public education and its problems as well as make sure parents arent scammed by bad private schools. (also, funny, you dont have this sentiment in healthcare or housing)
The bigger problem is that the money that gets pulled out is never equal to the child, you end up with a kid that costs 5,000 to educate walking away with a 20,000 voucher.
So the schools and children left behind who didnt qualify or dont have transportation are now worse off.
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As for the audits. I agree they should be audited....and so should PUBLIC schools let's see where these billions of dollars in people's tax dollars ended up being spent. And in Houston perhaps there were more but I found a couple of cases from 2018 and 2021....hardly a couple of times a year. And if it was a couple of times a year it would be interesting to see where they lean
Are public school budgets not public in every part of the country ????
Thanks for the laugh, remember this is the man who campaigned with a rhetoric that made Virginia sound like a 3rd world country for business when we were listed in the top 3 for business. Ever notice how his "business" expertise is never quoted its because there are no jobs that he ever created, the group he belonged to just eliminated jobs and made money for their investors.
You live in Southwest VA, how the job situation, remember Youngkin turned down a FORD Battery manufacturing facility for the Danville site because of alleged connections to China. But its ok good paying jobs in an economically depressed area aren't needed you have a casino now...
"great governor"; i'll be glad when the T-Party hack is gone .....
1. Your points about Youngkin's time at Carlyle Group are incoherent with reality but for another time.
2. Youngkin killed VA tax dollars going to the Ford - Chicom battery deal. He did not kill the deal per se.
Why is what someone does in their own time anyones business? If they’re doing their job, and not involved in something that could harm children, leave them be. How many drag queens have raped children? 0, and if they have, it is probably a minuscule number compared to the hundreds of thousands to millions of priests that have done just that.
The question is not whether or not he is a drag queen and what he does in his own time, the question is whether or not he is an activist indoctrinator. Whether or not he is a diversity hire.
Since his appointment is known and it is public knowledge that he is a drag queen, what he does in the privacy of his own home is no longer his own business. He obviously did not keep his privacy private. Besides, since when do drag queens not do their drag queen act in public?
1. Your points about Youngkin's time at Carlyle Group are incoherent with reality but for another time.
2. Youngkin killed VA tax dollars going to the Ford - Chicom battery deal. He did not kill the deal per se.
1) Of course its incoherent because no one can point to job 1 that this "businessman" ever created but we can examine it another time.
2) No industry considers making an factory investment without an incentive from the state government and if you think they will the Danville Site will be remaining empty till a Dollar General wants to build another store.
Secondly he killed it over his right wing T-Party rhetoric " Speaking to reporters after the annual State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday, Youngkin said his administration “felt that the right thing to do was to not recruit Ford as a front for China to America.” " https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023...s-about-china/
Hope that part of the state appreciates the loss of well paying jobs.....
Democrats arent anti school choice, we are anti defunding public schools.
Most republican school choice programs defund public schools and send the money to private schools.
If private schools are performing better, they deserve the money. The democrats not wanting this, by default makes them anti private school. The best schools should get the money. The argument that the public schools will get worse when dollars are taken away holds no water, because they have had the money for decades and are not performing well. Survival of the fittest should apply here. If public schools can’t perform shut them down or completely revamp their operations to better match the schools that do perform. This will never happen because education and public schools have become too political. There should be no politics in providing a quality education.
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