This article is addressed to those who are considering voting for Hillary Clinton, although those who have decided not to may want to read it as well.
Hillary Clinton wants your vote. What does she offer? Will she perform as promised? How well has performance lived up to promises in the past? The same questions can be asked of her party. How well will candidate and party serve those who vote for them?
Clinton frequently cites her concern for children, even writing a book about them. Concern for children implies concern about their education. The US leads the world in per student spending on elementary and secondary education. Unfortunately, US students, especially those in inner city school systems, rank low on international tests of knowledge and skills in standard subject areas. Most worrisome is their abysmal performance in math and science, the foundation for competitiveness and growth in the global economy.
Who benefits, then, from hefty educational spending? Teachers’ and educational administrators’ unions are one of the Democratic party’s largest monetary and in kind donors. They are lined up behind Hillary Clinton. Democrats consistently push for increases in educational spending. They get votes, their union supporters get paid, and the children get left behind. Their poor performance is invariably used as a justification for more funding. One guess where most of that funding goes.
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