Act Now to Protect NC Classrooms
Submitted by Jerimee on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 4:59pm
President Bush has a spending problem.
While proposing another $196 billion for an unpopular war, Bush wants to strip $8.4 million from North Carolina classrooms.
Bush threatened to veto the Labor-HHS-Education bill that the Senate approved last week.
Sign this petition to tell Bush you continue to stand with our children.
Bush and his Republican enablers Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr favor a draconian budget that would cut education funding for North Carolina and 43 other states.
These misguided cuts could force local communities to find local tax dollars to meet those needs or shortchange their schools.
Even during tough economic times, North Carolina Democrats have kept our promises to public schools while other states were forced to make cuts to the classroom.
Public education is even more critical now that nearly half of North Carolina children live below the poverty line, according to a report this week from the Southern Education Foundation.
I will sign the petition, but.....
As the Bush Administration has shown time after time; What the people think is of little to no value to the President.
Add to that a Democratic House and Senate who, more or less, are towing the Bush line and what we have is just about the same scenerio we had prior to 2006.
Of course there is a different dynamic, but so far, the outcomes have been the same.
We still need to do the right thing. Lets all sign the petition.
Marshall Adame
Marshall, you just beat me to making that exact point.
Only you said it much less sarcastically than I was going to.
I'm off to sign the petition now.
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
educating the public
There's certainly no chance of changing this president's mind about anything.
However, the key value of efforts like these is found in educating the public on just where the Bush and Republican priorities today lie.
Unlike those folks, we have to support our public schools (and the tens of millions of children who rely on them) with action (including adqequate funding), not meaningless buzz phrases like "no child left behind."
You can't do that when your only real priorities are tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and fighting a war of choice in Iraq.
Dan Besse
Democrat for Lieutenant Governor
Dan Besse
Very true, Mr. Besse.
Knowing that there is no way to break through the president's bubble, all that does remain is to keep that point front and center in the public eye.
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
Done. I was number 150.
Come on, BlueNCers, we can do better than that!!!
Person County Democrats
Environmental Defense Fund
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done!
thanks
Done last night
I was 175.
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Over 350 signatures now
:)
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