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America's children were sold out for the bargain price of $937,550 (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2017 OP
I knew Rubio was a POS Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #1
well I guess the repigs bdamomma Feb 2017 #2
Jeebus must be taught, science must be demonized. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #6
It surely looks like humans will be the source of their own demise because greed and stupidity won. manicraven Feb 2017 #10
Their children are grown and gone crazycatlady Feb 2017 #11
yes that is true bdamomma Feb 2017 #14
Their grandchildren need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps crazycatlady Feb 2017 #15
That's the Republican way--exploit everything you can then pull up the ladder after you. catbyte Feb 2017 #16
A bargain indeed.. that's less than the cost of 5 people joining Mar-a-lago, Tanuki Feb 2017 #3
Amazing - thanks for posting this CajunBlazer Feb 2017 #4
Will public schools be able to fight her? Ilsa Feb 2017 #5
What's Heller's excuse? BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #7
we should find strong candidates to run against these KewlKat Feb 2017 #8
That looks like legalized bribery to me. Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #9
Devos, "We expect a return on our investment" progressoid Feb 2017 #12
Shameful. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #13
what filthy repigs bdamomma Feb 2017 #17

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
6. Jeebus must be taught, science must be demonized.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 02:39 PM
Feb 2017

Personally, I dont think we will be around to worry about this.

The most ignorant, childish, temperamental human being alive has ten thousand nukes.

Even if he doesnt nuke us, climate change WILL wipe out half the population for sure within 100 years.

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
14. yes that is true
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:55 PM
Feb 2017

what about their grandchildren or do they have their bunkers ready, and damn the rest of us. Horrible I hate the repigs.

Its all about the money, very interesting the states those senators are from. Blood money.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
15. Their grandchildren need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:57 PM
Feb 2017

At least that's the attitude of the many 55+ communities in my neighborhood. They make DeVos look like a staunch public school supporter.

Tanuki

(14,921 posts)
3. A bargain indeed.. that's less than the cost of 5 people joining Mar-a-lago,
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 02:38 PM
Feb 2017

at the new, jacked up $200k per head membership fee.

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
5. Will public schools be able to fight her?
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 02:39 PM
Feb 2017

Will communities re-prioritize money she takes away to give to private education ventures?

Crunchy Frog

(26,646 posts)
9. That looks like legalized bribery to me.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 02:46 PM
Feb 2017

There can be no doubt that we have one of the most corrupt potical systems in the world.

progressoid

(49,999 posts)
12. Devos, "We expect a return on our investment"
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 03:03 PM
Feb 2017
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2005/05/26/5838/organizational-donors

In a 1997 op-ed she wrote for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, Betsy DeVos was brutally candid about her views on money in politics: "My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican party….I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now, I simply concede the point. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. We expect a return on our investment

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
17. what filthy repigs
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:04 PM
Feb 2017

don't let them ever forget this I just wrote all their names and amts.

Blood money.

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