re: #347 Mich-again

I think its more likely that some aspects of the legislation made matters worse, but instead of facing up to that and going after the root of the problem, we get the “If the medicine aint working, increase the dosage!” strategy.

And in my opinion, jobs and education are the two most urgent needs in the cities. But the Dems are somewhat hog-tied in addressing those needs because they are beholden to unions and the education lobby. So the cities get lip service.

Meaning they don’t want to dismantle public education, pay teachers less, and then demonize them in a series of catch 22s when they can’t magically compel kids from broken homes to get straight As.

I’d trust Republicans a bit more on education if they’d stop trying to float the idea of dismantling the Dept. of Education. Fuck, that was one of Reagan’s platforms, and one of Dole’s platforms back in the 96 campaign.