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Mass murderers in public schools profit charter branding via legislators: insanity | Reclaim Reform

Mass murderers in public schools profit charter branding via legislators: insanity | Reclaim Reform:


Mass murderers in public schools profit charter branding via legislators: insanity

Gov Pat Quinnshooting_drillsCreate an image of public schools as hellholes of slaughtered children, of constant fear and terror, that is odious to parents and taxpayers. Frighten their children into privatized charter schools where parents can buy a brand that provides the illusion of safety that is “well worth the money” to “keep your children safe” from the bogeyman created by those who can make a profit from fear mongering.

Who can help the profiteers profit from fear mongering? The politicians whose coffers are filled by privatization charter contributors. In Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn is the hatchet man disguised as the Patron Saint and Protector of Our Children. “IL Gov. Quinn Calls for Shooting Drills in All Public Schools. Read HERE.

“Starve the Beast” is a method of destroying public services in order to sell them off to profit making corporations and/or non-profit organizations who pay their executives obscenely high salaries buffered with additional perks and benefits.
Activist Grover Norquist is a well-known proponent of the strategy and has famously said, “My goal is to cut