Posted on 08/22/2007 6:32:31 PM PDT by Kaslin
Some critics complain that the issue of education has been conspicuously absent from presidential television debates. But Democratic presidential candidates did sound off with their pro-federal government, pro-spending policies at the annual convention of the National Education Association, and the nation's largest teachers union liked what it heard.
Sen. Hillary Clinton told delegates she would fight school vouchers "with every breath in my body." Reiterating the message of her book "It Takes a Village," she called for universal preschool for 4-year-olds.
Sen. Barack Obama likewise inveighed against "passing out vouchers." Former Sen. John Edwards also announced his opposition to vouchers and proposed that the federal government pay college tuition for all students who will work 10 hours a week.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wants to "raise teacher's average minimum wage to $40,000 a year." Rep. Dennis Kucinich goes all out for "a universal pre-kindergarten system that will provide year-round day care for children age 3 to 5."
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So Hillary and her ilk believe in 'choice' for killing babies, but you have no choice in the brainwashing your children are to receive.....
Pure naked socialism on display here.
I’d say no pay increases until the high school graduation across the country reaches 70% average. Why pay them for doing nothing?
Yup....that’s why they want your 4 year olds. They want them indoctrinated early in life. Kids learn at an extremely fast rate at 4 and under.
Good point
If the Dems like the NEA so much, they can pay them with their own money. In actuality, the Dem politicos’ kids go to private schools. Another example of how an aristocracy of liberals run this country.
The NEA is the most militant of the teachers’ unions. I personally have no use for them.
Private school teachers typically aren’t union members. That is the total reason the NEA and Dimwits don’t like vouchers.
Any teacher who is a Republican needs to take a religious exemption and have every dollar of their union dues go to charity. If they don’t know how, send them to me.
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