On Thursday's “MSNBC Prime,” President Randy Weingerten of the American Federation of Teachers claimed that federal education money is either a tax cut on school vouchers or a blocked grant. She insisted that “people don't really need them.”
While discussing the move to eliminate the Federal Department of Education, Weingarten said:[T]Ake Mississippi, it did a very good job of actually using these federal dollars to increase literacy, but how does it replace 20% of the educational dollar? Or do they even think it would replace it? ”
She continued. “Both– because they are seeking a tax cut for Elon or a voucher block grant, but they don't really need it, because most people who use voucher these days are already attending private schools.
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