Fox Business host Gerri Willis on Sunday called the measure immoral. I don't think that word means what she thinks it means.
A child's attendance in preschool has been linked to higher graduation rates, fewer teen pregnancies, and reduced drop out rates. These are all results that we want so why not give more children the opportunity to start their education in preschool?
Winning the contest for worst excuse to oppose universal preschool ever, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said she opposes the measure because it would lead to more paperwork.
Wait, what?
'You know, I had an email from a teacher as [Obama] was giving the speech, someone I’ve known for a long time and it was, ‘Are you kidding me? More paperwork?’
She's talked to teachers she knows and they are upset over the amount of paperwork this would cause. I was not aware that the amount of paperwork an education proposal could generate should be a reason to oppose it.
She went on to say that education should be handled by the states. We don't give the power over education to the states because that can't handle it. Southern schools are some of the worst in the country. Do you really think they'd get better if the state governments had control?
Give the power to the states. It's a bumper sticker. A silly slogan for her base to latch onto. People swayed by that have no business being in the conversation.
But those people vote, and elections have consequences.
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