ALEC And Jeb Bush Are Conspiring To Kill Off Public Schools For Good

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ALEC And Jeb Bush Are Conspiring To Kill Off Public Schools For Good
By: Dennis S more from Dennis S
Tuesday, August, 26th, 2014, 9:43 pm

Even the most successful of power-mad schemers need reliable co-conspirators to accomplish their nefarious ends. The most power-mad of the power-mad, the American Legislative Exchange Council, relies on easily compromised spear-carriers to dominate state legislatures and push through model-legislation designed to benefit ALEC’s multi-national, special interest corporate donor base.

It was by pure happenstance I chanced upon such a co-conspirator the other day. It actually turned out to be three co-conspirators. I was digging through the South Carolina Ethics Commission’s statements of economic interests required of state and legislative office holders and their challengers. These interests include name, address, filing date, business and property interest, creditors, government contracts, lobbyist contacts and, most importantly, who is buying legislator’s votes through the section marked “gifts.”

I concentrated on my local delegation of seated representatives. On my first search, an initialism (thus termed when an acronym is unpronounceable) popped up that I’d never seen or heard of before. It appeared as SLLF. Whatever it was had gifted one of my local state delegations with a total of nearly $3,100 for the gift of a single trip. Not bad. There are some economy overseas jaunts you can take for three grand. The stipend covered ‘tuition,’ lodging and meals. As I looked at the economic interests of my other local representatives, SLLF appeared over and over. Four of my six house members accepted SLLF’s largess. This definitely called for further study.

It took but seconds to find the expanded version of SLLF. It stood for State Legislative Leaders Foundation. Here’s their charge “The State Legislative Leaders Foundation was established in 1972 as a nonprofit corporation dedicated to working with state legislative leaders in their efforts to reform the institution of the state legislature.” Reform is an interesting choice of words considering their Board Chairman is Eric Turner, Indiana House Speaker Pro Tem, who most recently attracted the attention of the legislative Ethics Commission for secretly attempting to kill a bill that would hurt his family business. Might we continue?

[annabanana]

1. This SO needs to be part of our General Discussion!. . . .n/t

[newfie11]

2. This will complete the Dumbing of America. Nt

[stillwaiting]

4. The dumbing down AND the dividing of America.

People will be taught different things in different schools. People will have WIDELY differing opinions on what are "facts".

It will make creating conflict and division within the masses easier and easier with more and more Americans not even getting an education most likely. Of course, the financial elite will amass a bigger and bigger share of the national wealth and income too while those working in MOST schools nationwide will be treated not as professionals, but as remedial labor that is easily replaceable. This will result in a lower quality of teacher in most of our schools while the elite will be taught from a different pool of professionals.

It's a HORRIBLE plan with consequences that these assholes fully intend to materialize.

[daleanime]

3. K&R....

[2pooped2pop]

5. Rich assholes don't think the poor and middle class need

an education any more and they definitely don't want to pay for it. This has been obvious with the voucher program and the transitioning to online studies. Maybe even the mandatory use of IPADS in grade school's should have warned us.

Use the computer. Do it at home. We shouldn't have to pay for their education. Only the wealthy deserve a real education. That's how I picture them thinking.

[TheNutcracker]

6. Jeb ruined Florida and the people cannot get it back!