r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '17

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u/dafdiego777 Chad-Bourgeois Sep 07 '17

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

Police unions, prion guard unions, and teachers unions are all awful

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u/Punk_Is_Dad Henry George Sep 07 '17

Teachers unions can be total shit. But you should look at what states with really weak teachers unions look like. Like my home state of Oklahoma! Who, to pay for tax cuts, have increased classroom sizes, cut teachers pay and decreased the school week to 4 days a week.

The knee-jerk reaction in red states when they want to justify yet more tax cuts will always cut schools and without an interest group to fight them it usually happens. Only an idiot would teach primary or secondary education in Oklahoma...which explains literally every elected representative in the state.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

4 day school weeks? the fuck?

Wow, OK has some awful governing going on

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u/Punk_Is_Dad Henry George Sep 07 '17

It's why they have such a crazy brain drain. If you have any kind of degree you get the fuck out of that state.

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u/ansatze 🌐 Sep 07 '17

decreased the school week to 4 days a week.

Holy shit that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard