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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:11 PM Jul 2020

For decades, any time the federal government wanted to compel some uniform policy

for the nation's schools,---racial integration, vaccinations, school lunch nutritional standards--- the Republican party and their racist, elitist and miserly base have stood up in unison and screamed "Local control! Our locally elected school boards know what is best for our schools!"

Now, however, when Trump and his fascist inner circle say that all schools MUST open for in-person classes without regard to local conditions, we hear not a peep from the champions of local control.

If one did not know better, one might conclude that there is some hypocrisy involved.

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For decades, any time the federal government wanted to compel some uniform policy (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2020 OP
Republicans hate big government Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #1
Like when you were a kid and your mom said Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #2

Phoenix61

(17,512 posts)
2. Like when you were a kid and your mom said
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:23 PM
Jul 2020

you could have anything you wanted for dinner as long as it was meatloaf.

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