Micklethwait: "Give me an example of something you will do that will get rid of government spending?"
Trump: "We should have a new Air Force One. When we see these planes from Saudi Arabia, from different countries, brand new...The United States should have the best plane."
liberal policies won in ohio, which means capable liberals can too if they don't run scared. I want larose and the rest of these chuds bounced fuckin yesterday
@JoshJunker2 I voted for the sale, and for me it was all about risk management. a private corp being able to walk away and saddle the city with an enormous legal/financial liability filled me with dread. a lot of good can be done with what 1.6B spins off, and this council will do right by us
Imagine for a moment you are purchasing a home that is new, but pretty much exactly what you currently have, for $380,000. For $10,000 more, you could buy your dream home… would you figure out how to find that extra dough? I think so.
anybody can find a way to siphon the money out of a well-meaning but naively implemented social program. real american exceptionalism is finding a way to grift grifters
School-funding numbers cruncher extraordinaire Howard Fleeter looks at Ohio's vouchers
Two main findings:
1. Originally intended to help students at low-performing public schools 'escape,' vouchers are now benefiting a growing number of students already attending private schools