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SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:52 PM Nov 2016

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Charter school advocate Besty Devos

for education secretary.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-selects-charter-school-advocate-betsy-devos-education-secretary-n687696

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Charter school advocate Besty Devos (Original Post) SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 OP

Gee, no conflict of interest there.. louis-t Nov 2016 #1

Amway and Blackwater unc70 Nov 2016 #2

Horrible people. The Rethuglican 'cream of the crop' COLGATE4 Nov 2016 #3

Gee, I wonder how small town America is going to enjoy school choice? Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #4

Theocratic crazy family! nt longship Nov 2016 #5

louis-t

(23,295 posts)

1. Gee, no conflict of interest there..

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:21 PM

Nov 2016

I wonder how many of the DeVos family are invested in charter schools.

unc70

(6,115 posts)

2. Amway and Blackwater

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:23 PM

Nov 2016

Her husband's family is Amway. Her family has several RW ones. Her brother is Erik Prince, former owner of Blackwater. A really horrible choice all around.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

3. Horrible people. The Rethuglican 'cream of the crop'

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:26 PM

Nov 2016

in ultra-conservative Grand Rapids. The Scamway fortune gave Betsy a chance to become the Michigan Rethuglican's queen-maker. Now she can fuck up education on a national scale. Marvellous.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

4. Gee, I wonder how small town America is going to enjoy school choice?

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:29 PM

Nov 2016

Do they really expect corporate American to open privately funded charter schools close enough to them to be convenient? Where will their kids go to school when they finish slashing funds to public education to subsidize corporate run schools?

We're so fucked.

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Theocratic crazy family! nt

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:17 PM

Nov 2016

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