Texans are going to get even dumber, if that were possible.

Lol, see you at number 50 in education Texas, when all those private schools cut corners and pocket money instead of teaching students.

A couple weeks ago here in TX we voted on 17 state constitutional amendments. I want to say 12-13 of those were some form of tax cut for the wealthy. I voted against all of them but they all passed. And they passed big, like 60-70% to 40-30%.

The wording they used to describe the amendments was very much skewed to make them sound wonderful. No negatives, only positives. For instance, something like this may have had the wording “more money for schools”.

On its face it seems like a good idea - fewer taxes for me, more money for schools - what could go wrong? I assume most folks just looked at it said “ok” without much additional thought.

It’s very frustrating to basically have the large majority of voters approve this, giving the state government reassurance that they can do whatever they want, when it’s an obvious lie.

Nothing they do is to help the “regular” people of Texas. It’s all tax breaks for businesses and the super wealthy and Christian Nationalism disguised as “parental choice”.

It’s absolutely disgusting.

In Florida, the MAGAs are all pledging to end property taxes, which of course will help the wealthy property owners the most. Without an income tax OR property tax, what is supposed to pay for things like schools?

You have to respect his dedication to that 1 star rating, as advertised.

I feel bad for anyone in the Texas public school system.

They are not getting a competitive education.

My SO is a teacher here in Texas. She's well aware of the budget hoarding Abbott has been at for years; districts are hurting and having to close schools to get by. State Congress also made cuts to homeowner taxes for schools.

It's especially amusing when Abbott touts pay raises for teachers. Their health insurance premiums increase, to the dollar, for the amount of the 'raise'.

I think the goal is to end secular education in the state. Fund the private/religious schools/charter schools (which in particular are a joke), and give the bogus vouchers for homeschooling. As others have said, they want an ignorant populace.

Hopefully when enough boomers die off we can turn things around.

One lesson from Canada.

Canada is experiencing a major problem with Healthcare... they have been doing a lot of privatization as of late and those private clinics are not only more expensive and less efficient. They are also public money recipients... and they are more expensive on the taxpayer than the public option.

So they are technically publicly funded and get money from clients and are complete shit...

I guess Texas is getting what they voted for

On the bright side when the Kansas governor tried pulling this move they ended up voting in a Democrat governor.

Step 1. Promise to Cut taxes

Step 2. Not mention those tax cuts are going to hit local public school

Step 3. Realize within a year or 2 that the cuts are not sustainable

Step 4. Force a levy for "emergency school funding"

So does this asshole have kids? Because if so, it would be sooo surprising if they are accepted into said private schools and get all good grades. If he has kids they should be forced to attend the public schools, see what is what in reality.

Keep 'em stupid.

Although I feel like conservatism has already reached max stupidity.

Well, I was one of the last ones in within my department. Guess I'll be second on the chopping block.

I wouldn't be surprised to see LEE High School soon change back to its original (Robert E.) Lee. A name that was chosen the same year that modern civil rights were amended into the Constitution.

Let the blade fall.

This might be a controversial opinion, and I am almost certainly uninformed on the Texas public school system as a whole, but from what I've seen they are not hurting for funding. Their high schools and middle schools have sports equipment that would make your local school insanely jealous. Some of the stadiums those kids play in are crazy nice, and they often have their own announcer crew, complete with ways to broadcast the game to multiple platforms.

More of that money should be diverted to the teachers obviously, but overall I think they have plenty of money to go around, from what I've seen.

No one's tax dollars should be sent to private schools.

GQP: “Fuck them kids”

"We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat” Freeman [an advisor to Reagan] said. “That's dynamite! We nave to be selective on who we allow to go through (higher education). If not, we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people. That's what happened in Germany. I saw it happen.'

Roll his mad ass down the Capitol steps and block him from rolling back in