CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 14, 2023
SCHOOL CHOICE IS SPREADING AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT IN HEAVILY DEMOCRAT ILLINOIS. LAST WEEK DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS ENDED A SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM THAT HAS HELPED 9,600 LOW INCOME CHILDREN ESCAPE THEIR FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TWENTY THOUSAND MORE CHILDREN WERE ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE INVEST IN KIDS PROGRAM. GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER, WHO IS PRO-ABORTION FOR ANY REASON AT ANY TIME REFUSED TO SAVE THE PROGRAM. PRITZKER IS A BILLIONAIRE. HIS FOUNDATION HAS DONATED $8.3 MILLION TO MILTON ACADEMY IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE HE ATTENDED, BUT NOT A DIME FOR POOR ILLINOIS CHILDREN.
THE TEACHER’S UNIONS WERE BEHIND MUCH OF THIS, CLAIMING SCHOOL CHOICE TAKES AWAY MONEY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NEVER MIND THOSE SCHOOLS ARE FAILING POOR CHILDREN. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL CALLS THEM “FAILURE FACTORIES.” WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS IN ILLINOIS, OR ANYWHERE ELSE, BE FORCED TO SUBSIDIZE FAILURE? THE JOURNAL ALSO SAYS, “THE SCANDAL REFLECTS THE BLOODY-MINDEDNESS OF THE UNIONS THAT WANT TO SNUFF OUT EVEN MINOR COMPETITION TO RETAIN THEIR MONOPOLY.”
ONE HOPES A CHARITY OR TWO WILL STEP IN AND REVIVE THE ILLINOIS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
