Reply #91: the marginalization and disempowerment of the Religious Reich

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Public schools will never be improved while the Religious Reich is in power.

They have an EXPLICIT agenda to de-fund and destroy the public education system. They are actively - aggressively - working the voucher system.

In AZ, a person can elect to have a portion of their property taxes - the portion that would go to public education - diverted to the Christian school of their choice. You don't even have to have kids in school or even have kids! Just fill out a form and then they take care of everything.

They work telemarketing calling lists, church directories, real estate lists to solicit people's taxes away from public education and into their religious schools. They pitch it as "hey, it's the same amount of money - you can pay it to the (wasteful, secular, etc.) government, who will squander it in crappy public schools, or you can pay it to us to be used in pursuit of Christian excellence. Won't you choose wisely how your tax dollars are used?

There will be no money for all the various improvements proposed here if the Religious Reich is not thwarted.