Greedy Troglodytes Attack Teachers
14th March 2008
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This is a crosspost from Firedoglake.
What is it about teachers that reactionaries don't like?
Maybe it's because an educated electorate poses a threat to those who seek to control the public—"Danger: Educated Union Member" is one of our favorite phrases—and so teachers pose an easy target for the antediluvians among us. (Remember John Stossel's ABC trash piece, "Stupid in America"?).
The success of teachers' unions also draws particular ire from the anti-education crowd. This week, you may have seen full-page ads in USA Today or teevee spots on CNN and Fox attacking teachers. The ads are part of a $1 million advertising assault on teachers' unions launched days ago.
Two questions emerge.
Who would spend this amount of money trashing teachers? And who stands to make tons of money off this campaign?