Mitt Romney unveiled a series of changes primarily intended to give low-income families more choices in education and improve schools. The proposal would:
▸ Substantially change how the federal government allocates money to those K-12 schools with a high percentage of low-income children and for the education of disabled children. Currently, that money generally goes to the school districts. Under Romney’s plan, such children at low-performing schools would be able to use that money to attend another public school, charter school, or, if states allow it, private school.
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No surprise - just one more way to enrich the well connected and leave the disadvantaged in the gutter. This is a veiled attempt to dump government funding for schools, and the poorer citizens will take the hit first, of course. No mention, of course, of the Georgia law that touts "scholarships for the poor" and is used to funnel funds to private schools - I wonder what Mitt's position would be on that, eh? We have over 1000 years of history that shows that the continued widening of income gaps, the enrichment of the entitled, and the abandoning of the poor and infirm lead to social unrest, then upheaval. Instead of building upon the positive-focused spirit we built after WWII, Mitt and his backers ride hatred and greed to take over and "take the risk" that the poor will just lump it. I can only hope that voters will be smarter than to take his "line" hook and sinker.