Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Debt deal sucks: A killer for education

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Debt deal sucks: A killer for education

Debt deal sucks: A killer for education


A start of something big? (M. Klonsky pic)
 Save our schools

The Obama/Boehner debt-ceiling deal is disaster capitalism at its worst. Republicans, with help from the White House, and using the manufactured default crisis as their rationale, dealt bunker-busting shock-and-awe to schools, teachers and the nation's children.

While a default would have made life miserable for public schools, few