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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:54 PM Oct 2012

Michelle Rhee’s Plan to Destroy Public Education

Michelle Rhee is is a one-person PAC. She is raising hundreds of millions of dollars from rightwing billionaires and foundations and corporations to subsidize her program.

What is her program? Destroy teachers’ unions; eliminate tenure and seniority; privatize public education. Having failed to transform the public schools of the District of Columbia, she now wants to privatize public education everywhere.

When I was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, I learned from a Democratic state senator that Rhee had poured $105,000 into a race between a liberal Democrat and a conservative Democrat. The difference between them? The conservative Democrat supports vouchers. My informant said, “Candidates here will jump through hoops for a contribution of $1,000. Getting $105,000 is unimaginable.” Rhee bought the election. The voucher-loving Democrat won. He added: Most of Rhee’s money goes to conservative Republicans.

She is trying to buy a seat in Connecticut now. A reader writes:

Rhee’s fraud of an organization has nothing to do with students, teaching or learning. It is a political lobbyist group that secretly slithers around the nation passing our billionaire donated cash to influence and bribe politicians. Her dirty donations push the privatization, anti-union, anti-public school, collective bargaining busting, teacher trashing dogma down their throats. Here she is a pariah and getting her money is the kiss of death here in CT:

http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/01/michelle-buy-yourself-an-election-rhee-returns-to-undermine-democracy-in-connecticut/

more ... http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/02/michelle-rhees-plan-to-destroy-public-education/

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Michelle Rhee’s Plan to Destroy Public Education (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 OP
She should change her last name to Koch. Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #1
*Most of Rhee’s money goes to conservative Republicans.* So why is she even given the time HiPointDem Oct 2012 #2
Because she claims to be one. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #3
She's a "new" Democrat; LWolf Oct 2012 #4

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)
1. She should change her last name to Koch.
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:57 PM
Oct 2012

Is this the lesson she really wants to impart to education? That you can just buy your way into anything?

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
2. *Most of Rhee’s money goes to conservative Republicans.* So why is she even given the time
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 10:19 PM
Oct 2012

of day by Democrats?

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
4. She's a "new" Democrat;
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 07:30 AM
Oct 2012

one of those changing the face of the party, disenfranchising traditional supporters, and leaving many behind.

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