It is just beyond my comprehension that a poor rural individual would vote for a Republican. I mean, I understand evangelicalism may be a factor and racism probably plays a role but as a whole it is just so against their interest to support these guys that I really just don’t get it.
Jess, it is a frightening proposal to disband public education by use of vouchers. My wife and I were both educators, as was my father. We fought public funding for buying books and providing bussing for the local parochial schools. The feeling was the students that attended those schools did so by choice, and that even though their parents paid taxes and paid tuition for those schools, if their children were not good athletes, or they were black, their chances of attending were far less. Vouchers are making it even more difficult for public schools.
Alabama is repealing child labor laws too and our minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour. How can an adult survive on this or much less support a family? This is especially true for immigrants. I worked as a teenager, but it was my choice, and I stayed in school.
Legislators here are carrying on about massive labor shortages, because adults do not want the jobs. They know exactly what they’re doing. Ivey just signed the school voucher bill into law. Poor families will have no choice but to send their children to work with the public schools being defunded. Corporations and industries get cheap labor. Who cares how dangerous it is? I marvel at the ignorance of these people who continue to elect Republicans, and then wonder why all of these “bad things” keep happening to them.
How can they not see what is going on? I know from my own personal experiences, it is futile to convince them otherwise. I would love for someone to tell me how. I have tried all kinds of approaches, and I’ve finally given up.
I blame a lot of this on the churches here. They have been stumping for Trump since before the 2016 election. Rural citizens are especially susceptible to their lies and misinformation. My vote does not count in the state or national elections. I am vastly outnumbered. Alabama is red through and through. I might as well bring screaming into the abyss. I’m counting on the swing states to pull out a Biden win in November!
P.S. Now our lovely MAGA leaders are calling for all public libraries to be closed, because they are from the devil.
My grandfather had a 5th grade education. He was the youngest of 12 children. His father died and he had to help work the farm. Maybe that was just dandy in the 1900's but it doesn't work anymore. Education and child labor plus push back on vaccinations, health care and in particular, women's health care. I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of any of this.
You mean the pro-life cult wants to push this hypocrite agenda on the people? They really think we are fools and want to ensure we die as fools. Not me they can kill me but I am not dying as one of their fools.
This is really unconscionable. People and lawmakers in the past worked hard to enable children to be educated at no cost, and to make sure children were not exploited by business owners. It’s like going back more than a century. Apparently they’ve not read Dickens, or if they have they don’t care.
The real motivation behind school vouchers is not revealed. The ultimate goal is to dismantle public education and create private schools which serve the elite. The general public who, even with a voucher, still can’t afford private education! Those students are left in schools which have little funding and are overcrowded.The proponents disguise this with deceptive propaganda!
The dumbing down of children......that's their goal.
The dumbing down of the US.
So fuckin regressive.
And to get low income and black & brown out of school.
Creating more Americans that live in or just above poverty. Future generations at won't join a union or vote. These new laws dare poor kids to drop out.......again, all part of their plan. Im surprised though some democratic states like NJ did it too. And to pay teenagers less?? Morally wrong. Same job = same pay.
Putting it all together, adding it up—thank you. I do think there has to be some accommodation for children who want to work to help support their families. It’s what immigrants have always done, and it’s what they understand. Forcing kids who want to work to sit in (failing) schools lacks understanding and compassion.
Very enlightening. I had linked the school voucher and lower standards protecting child labor, but not the abortion ban resulting in a permanent source of labor. It is really difficult to believe, but sadly seems to be on brand.
It is just beyond my comprehension that a poor rural individual would vote for a Republican. I mean, I understand evangelicalism may be a factor and racism probably plays a role but as a whole it is just so against their interest to support these guys that I really just don’t get it.
Jess, it is a frightening proposal to disband public education by use of vouchers. My wife and I were both educators, as was my father. We fought public funding for buying books and providing bussing for the local parochial schools. The feeling was the students that attended those schools did so by choice, and that even though their parents paid taxes and paid tuition for those schools, if their children were not good athletes, or they were black, their chances of attending were far less. Vouchers are making it even more difficult for public schools.
Alabama is repealing child labor laws too and our minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour. How can an adult survive on this or much less support a family? This is especially true for immigrants. I worked as a teenager, but it was my choice, and I stayed in school.
Legislators here are carrying on about massive labor shortages, because adults do not want the jobs. They know exactly what they’re doing. Ivey just signed the school voucher bill into law. Poor families will have no choice but to send their children to work with the public schools being defunded. Corporations and industries get cheap labor. Who cares how dangerous it is? I marvel at the ignorance of these people who continue to elect Republicans, and then wonder why all of these “bad things” keep happening to them.
How can they not see what is going on? I know from my own personal experiences, it is futile to convince them otherwise. I would love for someone to tell me how. I have tried all kinds of approaches, and I’ve finally given up.
I blame a lot of this on the churches here. They have been stumping for Trump since before the 2016 election. Rural citizens are especially susceptible to their lies and misinformation. My vote does not count in the state or national elections. I am vastly outnumbered. Alabama is red through and through. I might as well bring screaming into the abyss. I’m counting on the swing states to pull out a Biden win in November!
P.S. Now our lovely MAGA leaders are calling for all public libraries to be closed, because they are from the devil.
Iowa was once a leader in education. How we have fallen. Kimberly is following her handlers orders. Hoping karma comes soon.
My grandfather had a 5th grade education. He was the youngest of 12 children. His father died and he had to help work the farm. Maybe that was just dandy in the 1900's but it doesn't work anymore. Education and child labor plus push back on vaccinations, health care and in particular, women's health care. I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of any of this.
You mean the pro-life cult wants to push this hypocrite agenda on the people? They really think we are fools and want to ensure we die as fools. Not me they can kill me but I am not dying as one of their fools.
This is really unconscionable. People and lawmakers in the past worked hard to enable children to be educated at no cost, and to make sure children were not exploited by business owners. It’s like going back more than a century. Apparently they’ve not read Dickens, or if they have they don’t care.
And of course Missouri’s Mike Moon wants to bring back child marriage.
But if we fund schools properly how to get voters dumb enough to vote R?
The real motivation behind school vouchers is not revealed. The ultimate goal is to dismantle public education and create private schools which serve the elite. The general public who, even with a voucher, still can’t afford private education! Those students are left in schools which have little funding and are overcrowded.The proponents disguise this with deceptive propaganda!
GOP is the party of cheap labor.
The dumbing down of children......that's their goal.
The dumbing down of the US.
So fuckin regressive.
And to get low income and black & brown out of school.
Creating more Americans that live in or just above poverty. Future generations at won't join a union or vote. These new laws dare poor kids to drop out.......again, all part of their plan. Im surprised though some democratic states like NJ did it too. And to pay teenagers less?? Morally wrong. Same job = same pay.
Putting it all together, adding it up—thank you. I do think there has to be some accommodation for children who want to work to help support their families. It’s what immigrants have always done, and it’s what they understand. Forcing kids who want to work to sit in (failing) schools lacks understanding and compassion.
This is a truly brilliant and valuable summary of these issues, their intersections, and roots.
Very enlightening. I had linked the school voucher and lower standards protecting child labor, but not the abortion ban resulting in a permanent source of labor. It is really difficult to believe, but sadly seems to be on brand.
So sorry. Although the wonderful Joyce Vance lives there!