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Thursday, March 3, 2011

School Tech Connect: Bill Gates, Crackpot

School Tech Connect: Bill Gates, Crackpot

Bill Gates, Crackpot

Bill Gates apparently is going into full let-them-eat-cake mode. Apparently now that it has been established that teachers are the cause of poverty, the next step is to shore up the idea that pensions are the reason public education isn't funded.

In contrast to his own father, Bill Gates will never come out and advocate that wealthy people pay their share of taxes like they used to. Instead, he's invested in some slick website material that will demonstrate how evil it is for public employees to have an economically secure retirement:

I have no doubt that these tools will have impact, but I do doubt they will include any kin