It constantly amazes me how Missourians keep electing these people who make no secret of their scorn for public schools (and usually have never had any real association with them) like Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, and Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho.
Thankfully, Emery has only a brief amount of time left to do any harm as a senator before his final term ends.
In the accompanying podcast beginning shortly after the three-minute mark, Emery promotes his so-called "empowerment scholarship accounts," which would enable parents to set up these accounts with taxpayer money and use it to pay tuition for their children to attend private schools and private religious schools.
Emery attacks the school board and superintendent associations for fighting his measure and accuses them of not telling the truth and bristles with contempt when he says "the public schools quote 'have to educate every student' and says there are schools where the students are not being educated, citing failing marks on standardized tests.
"In the charter world, those schools would have to be closed," Emery said.
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One dad apple won't spoil the whole school, Ed
I don't care what you say
I don't care what you heard
It’s not just scorn for public schools by the Republican leadership. They also scorn the Clean Missouri Act that 62% of the electorate passed in the last election, they are seeking ways to continue gerrymandering and lobbyist gifts to their pockets. They also removed 60,000 children from Medicaid when they passed a bill requiring parents to work, without providing jack squat for the children who are unable to work. The children are still eligible even though the legislature is keeping that information on the down low. Yet, year after year, the same Republican majority is elected by the voters which is the definition of stupidity.
Repubes Really Do Trickle Down.
Upon everyone.
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