[wagglebee]

It's time for conservatives to abandon this absurd notion that the GOPe is small group and that the mainstream GOP is conservative, this simply isn't true. The GOP, almost to a man, DESPISES conservatives.

Many of us realize that the Democrats pander to minorities simply for votes and then immediately ignore them after the election, so why is it so hard for us to see that the GOP does the EXACT SAME THING to conservatives?

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[NorthMountain]

In a private e-mail exchange with a concerned parent, Republican state legislator Josh Byrnes of Iowa said there is “nothing worse than homeschool parents” making their views known on public school policy.

People who home school their children, people who private school their children, are STILL BEING TAXED to pay for government schools. They're paying; they get to say how their money will be spent.

[Arm_Bears]

My experience is that those whose rail against bullying are, themselves, the biggest bullies.

Present exhibit: Home-schoolers should just shut-up and pay their taxes.

[dware]

A vote for anyone but the GOP candidate is a vote for Hitlery. Lol. /sarc

The sooner we wake up and realize the GOP, and anyone who continues to vote for them, are the problem, the better off we'll be.

[WayneS]

What he really means is: There is nothing worse than that queasy, guilty feeling that overcomes him whenever he hears from a constitutionally conservative constituent who sees through his act and recognizes him for the statist that he is.

[Texas Eagle]

If we want to follow this line of thinking to this logical conclusion, only those who pay taxes should have a say in how their taxes are spent.

Now THAT'S a "compromise" I could get behind. What about you, Rep. Moorman?

[arthurus]

The thought police are cranking up to full potential in Iowa, of all places.

[MrB]

The ruling class rightfully fears homeschoolers.

They are in the 85th+ percentile in academic performance,
have an average of 4-5 children per family,
and are 14 times more likely to be politically active than the general population.

[jjotto]

http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/members/josh-byrnes

Address:
1479 380th St
Osage, Iowa 50461

Contact:
Home: (641) 713.3059
josh.byrnes@legis.iowa.gov

DOB: 4/18/1974
Spouse: Colleen

[txrefugee]

No taxation without representation. There’s a bill that conservatives could wholeheartedly endorse.

[Resolute Conservative]

I stopped getting GOPe mailers when I started sending them back with an invoice asking for all the money I gave them since 2008 stating they failed to live up to their expectations and I would not be supporting any RINO candidates any longer.

[concerned about politics]

“Nothing worse than homeschool parents trying to tell us legislators how to run public schools when they don’t use them themselves,” State Rep. Byrnes wrote.

Then why not write a bill that exempts them from paying school taxes?

[circlecity]

"The proposal would allow school districts to monitor students outside of school hours"

So, kids could be followed in to their church Sunday school class and monitored regarding any statements they made, in a Christian context, regarding homosexuality, Islam, marriage or Christ being the exclusive door to salvation.

[ArcadeQuarters]

> when they don’t use them themselves,”

No, they just pay for them.

[FR_addict]

“The proposal would allow school districts to monitor students outside of school hours and punish – or contact law enforcement officials and state bureaucratic agencies over – any communication it deems “bullying” – even if that behavior takes place inside a private residence or on social media. Some of these complaints may be filed without first notifying parents.”

If they can monitor kids outside of school, sounds like it does affect homeschoolers too.

The whole anti-bullying legislation is to get kids to accept homosexuality. No disagreement is allowed.

This is scary.

[DaxtonBrown]

[School administrators could accuse a child of bullying if any comment dealing with “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” ]

Wow, this is beyond Orwellian.

[Vigilanteman]

“Nothing worse than homeschool parents trying to tell us legislators how to run public schools when they don’t use them themselves,” State Rep. Byrnes wrote.

Let's follow that logic on a few other points:

1. Nothing worse than tax consumers trying to tell us legislators how to allocate public expenditures when they don’t contribute anything themselves.
   
2. Nothing worse than anti-war activists trying to tell us legislators how to vote on issues of defense when they don’t serve themselves.
   
3. Nothing worse than anti-police activists trying to tell us legislators how to handle things in crime ridden neighborhoods when they don’t live there themselves.
   
4. Nothing worse than environmental exteremists trying to tell us legislators how to protect predatory species like wolves and coyotes when they don’t live in areas or work in occupations impacted by them themselves.
   

   We could make quite a list, couldn't we?

   Plus the homeschoolers have more right to a say than any of the foregoing examples since they are taxed to pay for the public schools and impacted by the results.

[Future Snake Eater]

Homeschool families still pay for government schools and this policy would potentially bring scrutiny by government school officials on to homeschool kids and families. I’d say a homeschool parent would have every right to voice an opinion on this matter.

[kalee]

Dear Rep. Byrnes,
We may not use public schools but we pay for them via property taxes, therefore we do have a vested interest in how they are run.
Kalee