NC Voters Want More Funding for Public Schools

If you ask North Carolina voters what they care about, 60% want the Republican dominated legislature to stop starving public schools.

They don't want tax cuts, and they don't want vouchers for private religious schools.  They want their tax dollars to go to pay for public school teachers, books for public schools, and nurses and social workers at public schools.  In short, they want their kids and kids in their community to have the same chance to go to a well-funded public school that they had.

They believe in public schools because they understand that public schools make possible our democratic way of life in America. Our government invests in education to bring all of us together, to give us a common foundation of knowledge and skills -- no matter where our families come from -- so that all our children have the opportunity to prepare for a good future, ready and able to support our families, our communities, our country.

So why are the Republicans in the legislature refusing to fully fund the public schools despite the enormous surplus? Why do they set aside more and more of our public education dollars for religious schools even though our constitution calls for the separation of church and state?

Why does the Republican party in county after county across the state file to exempt school board elections from the N.C law that calls for all school board elections to be nonpartisan, focused on important community education issues -- not hot-button political issues?  Why do Republican leaders inject these inflammatory issues into our education system: raising red flags about parents losing control of their children, calling for banning books, railing against something they call Critical Race Theory which, in truth, is only taught in law schools across the country.

The answer is simple: Republicans have gerrymandered our state election districts to make sure that they can't lose in the majority of house and senate districts across the state.  So they don't need to pay attention to what voters want.  They focus on cutting taxes because they don't really believe in government and the public good.  They get parents inflamed about losing control of their kids' education to distract us from what they are really about: letting rich people and corporations keep their money instead of paying their fair share of taxes, letting corporations make their own rules, and letting the rest of us fend for ourselves.

If you believe in public education, want good roads, and clean air and water, don't get distracted.  Vote for candidates who will work for those things.  Vote Democratic.