Suffer the Children (and Their Teachers) 0
Paul Krugman explains why the Republican mania for tax cuts has led to teachers’ protests.
A snippet, describing what happens when Republicans cut state taxes into the bone, requiring cutbacks in services to balance state budgets:
So what conservative state governments have mainly done is squeeze teachers themselves.
Now, teaching kids was never a way to get rich. However, being a schoolteacher used to put you solidly in the middle class, with a decent income and benefits. In much of the country, however, that is no longer true.
Aside:
It’s ironic, in a way, how the Republican belief that there is no such thing as the common good leads to there being no such thing as the common good.
