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StarfishSaver

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7. One possible and very simple reason:

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Sep 9, 2021, 07:59 PM

Sep 2021

The federal government has a lot more control over schools and teachers by virtue of billions of dollars in federal funding that fund local education and provide a "hook" for federal mandates over teachers and schools while the federal government has considerably less ability to impose mandates on police departments because it does not provide as much funding and much of the funding comes through grants that don't create the same relationship.

I don't know for sure that that is the reason, but I suspect that it is.

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Tale of Two Unions--I wonder why they're treated differently? [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 2021 OP

Let me guess: teachers and cops. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #1

Yes! And there is no good reason for this. senseandsensibility Sep 2021 #3

I will say that I don't know if the 90% figure is right or not dsc Sep 2021 #2

This is a national number, so I'm sure it varies. senseandsensibility Sep 2021 #4

my point is the feds aren't asking dsc Sep 2021 #5

Both the Biden official and Erin Burnett cited the 90% senseandsensibility Sep 2021 #6

One possible and very simple reason: StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #7