A light day in terms of quantity, but important stuff. The second article should make us fight harder, not rest on our laurels. Our efforts, as new as they are, are already starting to make a dent–but they won’t finish the job unless we KEEP PUSHING.
Gov. Corbett’s Education Cuts 10 Times Higher in Poor Districts Than Wealthy Ones
I know some of you are less inclined to use a term like “class warfare” than I am, but the data and analysis in this piece make pretty clear that Gov. Corbett has no interest in serving the poor and working classes of this state (if you had any doubts).
If you have kids or family members in school districts that aren’t upper-middle class or higher, you should read this too–see what’s coming down the pike.
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Corbett May Have Lost Some Budget Support
Aside from the assumption that he EVER had support for the kind of drastic proposals he’s made, the most interesting feature of this article is the way it exposes how out of touch Corbett is with his own state. The usual “I don’t govern by polls” stance rings even more anti-democratic when the numbers are so overwhelmingly in support of the exact institutions (K-12, higher ed) he’s attacking, and in favor of taxing the very wealthy to pay for those institutions.
What’s hard about this, Governor?
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