Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) “Your kids are retarded while you pay higher taxes because Democrats bought the t” — TopicDigg

Your kids are retarded while you pay higher taxes because Democrats bought the teachers unions as a permanent ally to stay in power. Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education just to lock in the NEA’s first ever presidential endorsement. That’s it. He just wanted their votes. Democrats protect the monopoly by killing real school choice, piling on federal mandates that bloat the bureaucracy, and pushing trillions through a system built to resist accountability. In return, the unions deliver the votes, ground game, and hundreds of millions in political spending with some 98% routinely going to Democrats. Democrats give taxpayer money to the unions and then the unions launder it back to the Democrats’ election campaigns. Taxpayer-funded Democratic party campaigns, basically. From 2000 to 2017, school district admin staff grew 75% while teachers grew just 8%. Non-teaching staff now make up nearly half the workforce. That explosion creates more dues paying jobs and political muscle while shielding the whole thing from competition. The alliance keeps the power. Unions and Democrats get the resources and the jobs. Your kids and your wallet get the bill. That is limited options and stagnant results. And the best thing is that the Republicans watched it happen for decades and did nothing.