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Save Our Schools From Coronavirus Budget Cuts | gadflyonthewallblog

Save Our Schools From Coronavirus Budget Cuts | gadflyonthewallblog

Save Our Schools From Coronavirus Budget Cuts

America is one dumbass country.
We don’t do the metric system.
We don’t do universal healthcare.
And during a global pandemic, we don’t demand the government pay us to stay home and stop the spread of the disease.
It should come as no surprise, then, that we deeply under-fund our public schools.
There’s always money for a new war or to subsidize fossil fuels or give billionaires another tax cut, but when it comes to teaching kids how to think critically about their world – time to take out the scissors and slash some budgets.
And now with the inevitable loss of taxes after shutting down the economy to save lives during the global Coronavirus outbreak, experts are expecting the deepest CONTINUE READING: Save Our Schools From Coronavirus Budget Cuts | gadflyonthewallblog