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2021-01-30 -PC Follies
School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support
[California Globe] California's voters are no longer the predictable bloc that government unions have relied on for the past 2-3 decades

In the November 2020 election, California's powerful teacher's unions spent over $20 million promoting Prop. 15, which would have increased taxes on commercial properties. Other unions, mostly in the public sector, spent another $17 million to promote Prop. 15. But voters were not buying it. Prop. 15 failed.

Overall, in November 2020, California's government unions spent nearly $70 million to promote or oppose state ballot initiatives, and almost all of that spending was unsuccessful.
But it was good of them to donate such a large chunk of their members’ savings to the state economy, from there to trickle down the ordinary folks, so we should encourage them to do more or of this.
While a couple of union supported ballot propositions were approved by voters, they weren't high priorities, attracting only around $200,000 in union spending.

This result presents a paradox. Why is it that public sector unions, which collect and spend nearly $1.0 billion per year in revenue, mostly from dues, and use that money to make or break the political campaigns of nearly every member of the California State Legislature, and which in similar manner control nearly every city council, county board of supervisors, school board, and governing board of transit districts and fire districts and transportation districts; you get the picture why couldnt they impose their will on California's electorate when it came to ballot propositions in 2020?
Posted by Glenter Elmavising1369 2021-01-30 11:12|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Teachers unions are pure trash evil.

Give all the kids vouchers.
Posted by newc 2021-01-30 12:28||   2021-01-30 12:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't have kids if you don't believe you can support their physical needs and also take the time to educate them if/when the government schools go away.
Posted by jpal 2021-01-30 13:31||   2021-01-30 13:31|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by Clitle Jutle3668 2021-01-30 19:55||   2021-01-30 19:55|| Front Page Top

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