Once again Texas legislator James Talarico nails how vouchers are a scam, welfare for the wealthy, and a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top (and in Kansas from rural areas to Johnson and Sedgwick Counties). Watch here on Instagram Originally posted to Facebook 4/6/2025....
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The Republican divide over school choice
Vouchers, no matter what they call them, hurt rural public schools and the students they serve. The conservative rural Tennesseeans in this video from ABC understand that. Kansans should, too. https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/republican-divide-school-choice-119996930? Originally posted to Facebook 3/24/2025....
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No comments MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers
This is a long article but worth the read for its clear explanations of why liberals and conservatives oppose vouchers. Just swap out Kansas for Texas. “Most Democrats, teachers, and public school supporters disagree. They have many arguments, but the unifying theme is that vouchers would bleed money from the...
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No comments Oklahoma taxpayers were sold a load of bull about parental choice tax credits
Tax credit “scholarships” are vouchers, and in state after state, the low-income kids are just used to get the bill passed, but as they grow, they are most used by higher income families. We are currently fighting another expansion of the Kansas tax credit “scholarship” which would get rid of...
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