The Governor of Missouri gave a State of the State Speech today, and there was one part that I really loved:
http://www.gov.state.mo.us/2004StateoftheState.pdfIt's a PDF, and the part I am quoting starts on about page nine.
For the first time in the history of our state, this legislature cut the total education budget by hundreds of millions of dollars and endangered the futures of countless children. Over the last decade, we had been investing in our public schools and getting results.There is a paragraph about the progress made, and then...
but after a decade of investment and progress, you passed last year's education cuts twice over my veto with a great flourish of bravado. If last year's education cuts are allowed to stand, all of these gains are in great jeopardy.
There is nothing moral in raising standards and expectations at a struggling school, only to deny the necessary funding. Look at this through a child's eyes - first we encouraged them to dream, then you denied them the means. That's not bravado. That's just cruel.
Those of you on the other side of the aisle chose to defend tax breaks for corporations at the expense of our children's education. And we're already seeing the consequences of your actions.Anyway, read on. It gets really good.
I just thought some of you would enjoy reading this
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