Aug 06 2008
And There We Have It
Why education funding should be cut, not expanded:
In the 2007-08 fiscal year, not surprisingly, the NEA spent $2.3 million — on top of $1 million spent the previous fiscal year — fighting a school voucher referendum in Utah.
Money blown on crap that has nothing to do with education? Check.
uring the current fiscal year the NEA sent the Hawaii State Teachers Association $20,000 to conduct polling on a state constitutional convention.
Money blown on crap that has nothing to do with education? Check.
It [NEA] sent the Massachusetts Teachers Association $60,000 to oppose a state income-tax repeal.
Money blown on crap that has nothing to do with education? Check.
And it [NEA] sent the Florida Education Association $200,000 to oppose property-tax cuts in the Sunshine State.
Money blown on crap that has nothing to do with education? Check.
It’s a shame the NEA doesn’t spend as much money and effort trying to improve lousy schools as it does trying to keep taxes high.
Indeed. One word: PATCO. Darren has a partial list of the ways the NEA throws away their money on things that don’t have a damned thing to do with education.
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