Billionaire Heiress Lashes Out at Unions Because Her Fortune Didn’t Buy Election
Betsy DeVos is furious!
She and her family spent boatloads of money this election cycle and few of their candidates won.
Instead, lawmakers were largely selected by these things called… ew… voters.
She was so enraged that she used her platform as Secretary of Education – another prudent purchase by her family – to lash out at teachers unions for – get this – having too much influence!!!!!
“The teachers union has a stranglehold on many of the politicians in this country, both at the federal level and at the state-level.”
That’s rich coming from her, but one can see where she’s coming from.
In the midterms 23 states had double-digit percentage-point increases in turnout compared with 1982-2014. That resulted in a blue wave in the U.S. House – one of the largest and most diverse groups of freshman Congresspeople ever.
This is the third-highest turnover since 1974. We showed 104 incumbents the door.
DeVos didn’t pay for THAT!
How dare those Joe and Jane Sixpacks come out to the polls and upset the plans the billionaire class had plunked down their hard-inherited wealth to ensure!
How dare teachers and school employees pool their nickles and dimes to have a say about their own professions!
The only people who should have a voice in public policy are the… uh, public?
No.
Parents and students?
No!
Plutocrats like DeVos and family?
Yeah! That’s right!
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