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Strategy for Privatizing Public Schools Spelled out by Dick DeVos in 2002 Heritage Foundation Speech
 
Strategy for Privatizing Public Schools Spelled out by Dick DeVos in 2002 Heritage Foundation Speech
 
• http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/5/3/12515/58655/Front_Page/Strategy_for_Privatizing_Public_Schools_Spelled_out_by_Dick_D
 
• http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/5/3/12515/58655/Front_Page/Strategy_for_Privatizing_Public_Schools_Spelled_out_by_Dick_D
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==Patch &mdash; McMillin Mentioned in CNN Blog==
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Patch -- McMillin Mentioned in CNN Blog
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McMillin Mentioned in CNN Blog About School Funding
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• http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding
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There's irony and then there's double irony.
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The second irony is that the Party of ALEC has the same plans for privatizing corrections as they have for privatizing education.
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At least it will make the transition easier for those among the poor peon population who are unlucky enough to fall into either institution.
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In related stories …
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Snyder Seeks Massive Concessions From Prison Workers
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• http://michiganmessenger.com/49044/snyder-seeks-massive-concessions-from-prison-workers
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Two U.S. Judges Plead Guilty To Selling Children To Private Prisons
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4q7p3ME95E
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Pennsylvania Judge Convicted in Alleged “Kids for Cash” Scheme
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• http://abcnews.go.com/US/mark-ciavarella-pa-juvenile-court-judge-convicted-alleged/story?id=12965182
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Related tags at the Daily Kos —
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• http://www.dailykos.com/news/ALEC
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• http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Exposing%20ALEC
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• http://www.dailykos.com/news/inmate%20labor
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• http://www.dailykos.com/news/prison%20labor
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_818129
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“Scarce educational dollars” were made scarce by decisions in Lansing.
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They were made scarce by the fact that the Governerd and the Republican-controlled Legislature decided to slush the available funds in other directions.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_818129
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The Governor and his Privateers are starving the Public Sector in Michigan out of existence for a reason, so that private corporations can complete their hostile takeover of all public services. They stopped being content with tax abatements, bailouts, bribes, incentives, kickbacks, and worker concessions a long time ago — they want nothing less than the automatic funneling of tax dollars directly into their private corporate bankrolls without the annoying interference of all you pesky peasants.
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Mackinac Center For Public Policy • “State Needs Privatization”
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• http://www.educationreport.org/15050
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Lansing State Journal • “Going Private? — Snyder, Republicans Put New Focus On Merits Of Privatization”
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• http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110515/NEWS04/105150528/GOING-PRIVATE-Snyder-Republicans-put-new-focus-merits-privatization
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_825815
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Mr. Ray,
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I'm not sure what you are saying, but I'll take a few guesses and maybe we can clarify the issue over a few exchanges.
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I don't think people of good sense are saying that privately funded education at any level is a bad thing.  That would be kind of silly.  In reality, there are probably only a few cases of schools and universities that are funded purely from private sources or purely from tax dollars, especially if you look into scholarship foundation monies.
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The basic principle is this — Public Funds, taxpayer dollars managed by Constitution-Fearing government entities, are accountable to the constituents of those governments, by whose general consent they maintain their sole legitimacy.  That is a very different sort of accounting system from the kind that we find in privately-owned corporations.  There are Federal and State constitutional constraints on how those funds can be spent, if they are spent legitimately.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_826434
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I have been following this and several related discussions on the Rochester Patch:
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Marleau, McMillin Update School Audience on State Budget Cuts (May 24, 2011)
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• http://rochester.patch.com/articles/marleau-mcmillin-and-mull-speak-about-funding-cuts-to-rochester-community-schools
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School Leaders Hoping for Update, Feedback During Forum Tonight (May 23, 2011)
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• http://rochester.patch.com/articles/school-leaders-hoping-for-updates-feedback-and-solutions-during-budget-forum-tonight
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McMillin: 'We Made Tough Choice to Bring Excellence Back to Classrooms' (May 5, 2011)
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• http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-we-made-tough-choice-to-bring-excellence-back-to-classrooms
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What I hear a lot in these discussions is that parents are focused on their own kids' education, which is a good thing. But con artists bent on destroying our system of universal free public education exploit that focus, turn it into a fixation on the false idea that taxes are something they pay for their kids only, and blind them to the fact that education is a public good that people with no school-age kids or even any kids at all pay to support. This is part of a long-running campaign by private corporations, their corporate-owned media, and their corporate-owned politicians to erase the very idea of the public good from the People's minds. And they have been spending all the Big Bucks they can muster to do it. Why? I'm guessing you can tell by the dollar signs in their eyes.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_847714
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I don't see any conflict between the Public supporting the Public Good, which is why we have public-funded education in the first place, and the good of our local public schools.
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I do see a conflict between a number of private interests that seek to destroy universal free public education and replace it with a kind of Toll Education, something parents will have to pay for child-by-child and minute-by-minute like their phone bills, with arm-&-a-leg roaming charges and no roll-over.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_847999
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On Private Truths —
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Fight Brews Over Sarah Palin On Paul Revere Wikipedia Page
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• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/sarah-palin-fans-fight-over-paul-revere-wikipedia-page/2011/06/06/AGxtzHKH_blog.html#pagebreak
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Supporters of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have taken to Wikipedia, where they have been trying all weekend to revise the page on Paul Revere to reflect her recent comments.
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Is it 1984 already?
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Where the truth about Paul Revere depends on whether you went to a TEA Party School or Yer Average Party School, and what side has the most Astroturfers and Sockpuppets this week.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_849029
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Mr. Raymond,
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I'm guessing that's a joke, since the proverbial People Of Good Sense do not blame teachers for *everything* that a child fails to learn, and I'm sure that no respectable school, public or private, would assume responsibility for the strange ideas that pass between some people's ears, not to mention across their lips into public spaces.
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Like they say —
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“People are entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.”
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Governments derive their right to levy taxes on the condition that those taxes support the Public Good.  People want their taxes to be limited, so the amount of Public Good that can be achieved is also limited, more and more lately to the barest essentials that it takes prospective citizens to perform their role as citizens.  The People's contribution to the Public Good can be greater if the People will it to be so.
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There are times when it takes a rather large effort to communicate the Will of the People to the people who are charged to represent that will.
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This looks like one of those times.
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http://rochester.patch.com/articles/mcmillin-mentioned-in-cnn-blog-about-school-funding#comment_850545
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Mr. Raymond,
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Anyone who knows the history of our current funding model for education knows that it has nothing to do with any philosophy of education that teachers prefer to practice under, much less Government Mind Control. It arose from the natural desire of parents to exercise local control over the quality of education in their areas.
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When I first came to Michigan in the 1960s, many of the less well off districts actually did quite well with their education funding because they had businesses and industries that still paid property taxes — as opposed to seeking tax abatements on the threat of moving to China or Mexico or wherever — and the general population always passed millages adequate to the task. There was in addition a lot more money coming from the Federal level. The purse strings have shifted a bit since then, but people still want the power that came with them. That appears to be creating some tensions.
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