Jeb!

Gotta love this guy. And more importantly, you have to love the news. I know I do.

Florida has been pushing for vouchers for the longest time, and yesterday the State Supreme Court rejected their use on the grounds that they don't allow for equal opportunity of education for all students. Now anyone that knows anything about the Florida school system understands it's the biggest shitbox on the planet. This is a state which has no property tax, and in the end it leaves the school system struggling. For the same reason people like Bernard Ebbers, Scott Sullivan, and OJ maintain homes down there.

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The Florida Supreme Court struck down a statewide voucher system Thursday that allowed children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense — a program Gov. Jeb Bush considered one of his proudest achievements.

It was the nation's first statewide voucher program.

In a 5-2 ruling, the high court said the program undermines the public schools and violates the Florida Constitution's requirement of a uniform system of free public education.

Voucher opponents had also argued that the program violated the separation of church and state in giving tax dollars to parochial schools — an argument a lower court agreed with. But the state Supreme Court did not address that issue.

About 700 children are attending private or parochial schools through the program. But the ruling will not become effective until the end of the school year.

"I think it is a sad day for accountability in our state," Bush said. He said the voucher program had a positive effect because it "put pressure on school districts to focus on the underperforming schools."

The question should be, "Why are there failing schools in the first place?"

What bothers me about this story is they left out THIS PART! The fact that Jeb Bush had the state pension invest in failing Edison Schools, a for-profit school management company. The investment fund is actually controlled by Bush himself.

It's really great stuff.

Then worldview of Jeb Bush works like this: A state like Florida should not increase taxes on its citizens to pay for the education children. But, it's perfectly okay for the state to take the limited taxpayer dollars, funnel the money toward private school and management companies, where investors can then put their money into those companies and funds in order to profit. Whether or not they lose money isn't important, as long as they can do as they wish with "THEIR MONEY." People like Jeb don't seem to understand the longterm investment in the childrens' education, only the investments individuals can make to profit on these children, with taxpayer subsidized companies.

It's really great stuff. No, really, really, really great stuff.

And of course, lost in the news are these very important facts.

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