Follow the money!
Kids do not have seat belts in their buses because the NEA doesn’t want them. It would mean less money for their teachers. NEA never has, does not now, and never will give a fig about kids.
“Kids do not have seat belts in their buses because the NEA doesn’t want them. It would mean less money for their teachers. NEA never has, does not now, and never will give a fig about kids.”
And more CRAP. Unless you can provide conclusive PROOF that the NEA had a hand in preventing seatbelts on schoolbuses, statements such as these only show your total ignorance and BIAS towards anything dealing with public schools. PROVIDE THE PROOF!
And don’t even get me started on the NEA.
UM, hate to tell you this, but school buses used by private and religious schools do not have seatbelts either, care to explain that? I'm sure you won't as that would ruin your anti-public school mantra, wouldn't it?
The NEA is just one part of the picture. There are no seat belts in any type of public transportation.
I happen to be a big believer in child seats and seat belts. Our family uses them every time we’re in the car. But, it’s hypocritical how the state will penalize a parent for not securing a child in the “proper” seat. Yet, buses, trains, and schoolbuses all operate without seat belts.
The reasons put forth are flimsy excuses. Like you said, it’s really about money. Politicians don’t want to invest in the important things when there are jobs to protect and friends upon whom to bestow special favors. ;-)