Posted on 04/23/2023 7:10:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Surviving the next decades might be an uphill struggle for the Democrat Party. This not so much, or not only, because of the strength of its opponents, but because of education options that give students the choice to attend a school other than their neighborhood public school, commonly referred to as ‘school choice’ policies. So says The Spectator’s Lewis M. Andrews. His reasoning goes as follows: only occasionally in U.S. history does an issue surface that challenges not only the core values of a political party but the party’s working system, that is its ability to function. Now, “if any such issue has emerged in our own time, it’s clearly school choice.” Why? ‘Cause school choice “will severely reduce the Democratic Party’s election workforce, squeeze its finances and even discredit its basic philosophy”. Simple as that.
The subject of fierce debate in various state legislatures across the United States, school choice policies, especially the widespread subsidy of K-12 grade schooling in venues not run by teachers’ unions, “would deplete the enormous army of campaign workers that Democrats have come to depend upon during every election cycle.” Not a minor matter. The case of New Jersey is both emblematic and paradigmatic of these dynamics:
In the past three years, New Jersey’s largest teachers union has poured more than $15 million into its effort to reelect Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. That number dwarfs contributions made by any other group in a state long dominated by special-interest politics. But with the gubernatorial election between Murphy and Republican businessman Jack Ciattarelli appearing to tighten in its final days, the New Jersey Education Association has pulled out a weapon maybe more potent than cash: feet on the ground.
Thousands of rank-and-file “Members for Murphy” have mounted one of the largest voter outreach campaigns by the...
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These articles are always overly optimistic about the demise of the Democratic party.
Returning to Classical education would be the first sign we are on our way to recovery.
it will take a few decades ...
Unless you do what the Nazi’s did😂
“These articles are always overly optimistic about the demise of the Democratic party.”
Boy Howdy! I have been reading about the coming demise of the Democrat Party since 1969 when the hated Nixon won.
After a big lose, all they was continue to rearm while the Republicans were spending lots of money on casts and chiropractors to heal the arms they broke patting themselves on the back.
I know. Lose should be loss.
Tup.... they be about to lose now. Who votes for nuc war, genital mutilation, and tyranny?
Oh yeah... no one. Yet the ‘tards still win. How can this be?
We all know.
Another interesting datapoint. Looks like Inbev getting their junk kicked in.
Much like the fag movie “Bro’s” tanking and “Top Gun” killing it.
Elections are not matching culture.... when are “Americans” going to notice?
The Democrat party is absolutely brutal in their lust to hold on to power, so they have that going for them.
That seems to be their only “core principle”.
NO.
WAY.
‘Rat ballot harvesting has a lock through at least 2024.
Way too optimistic. I wish it was true, but I am afraid it’s not.
By the time enough are homeschooled to make a difference the country will be totalitarian and these dangerous people will be sequestered or killed.
We don’t have a few decades. Tie is up without some sort of immediate severe counter-revolutionary development.
Is it pedal-to-the-metal time? Abortion took 50 years. Is the iron hot? I’d say time to strike. Whaddoo I know?
One million LEGAL immigrants a year are pumped into the country. 80% of those that come in vote democrat.
There’s no conceivable end to this nightmare.
When the Department of Education was formed, the government education system went from steady decline into a power dive.
“School choice could destroy the Democrat party”
It would, but are enough of our guys willing to be activist anymore?
Most don’t want to get involved.
Well. I don’t think it would destroy it. Too many ‘tards out there. But it would sure hurt it. Which is why they vehemently oppose it.
Every little bit helps, but the Democrat Party is like a horror movie franchise. You saw the evil mask guy die, you can’t imagine him coming back, not after a civil war, an endless proxy war or ten, runaway inflation and scandals that make Watergate look like a tea party, but he’ll be back.
As I always say to Democrats on this issue, I’m pro choice. Aren’t you pro choice?
They just hem and haw and don’t have a good answer as to why kids and their parents should be denied a choice as to where they go to school.
Also, this is basically the same thing we have for university education. Guaranteed student loans that the student can spend at any university IS university choice. OK. Let’s do the same (only with vouchers rather than loans) for K-12. Our universities rank highly in international rankings while our K-12 is abysmal by comparison. The difference is choice.
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