CTA's Stupid Investment

[Modern School]

During his campaign for governor, Jerry Brown received millions of dollars from the California Teachers Association (CTA), supposedly to buy his favor and support for teachers. In return, Brown offered educators more cuts, furloughs and layoffs once he takes office.

“Please sit down if you’re reading the stories on the budget,” he told a crowd at UCLA on Tuesday, calling the situation “an unprecedented moment of reckoning.” He suggested that the crisis might have worse effects than the Great Depression. California has a $28 billion deficit for the next 18 months. This is in addition to a $2 billion drop in Proposition 98 (education) funding for next year, guaranteeing that schools will take a big hit, even if the rest of the $28 billion comes from elsewhere.

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[Tansy_Gold]

1. Why do I find the phrase "buy his favor and support" disconcerting? n/t

[YvonneCa]

2. So do I. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

3. I had bad feelings on brown & education; that he would be no better than whitman in that dept.