Bay City teachers union leader: The funding crisis is 'manufactured' | MLive.com
Posted on Michigan Stands for Democracy by | Diane Hebert
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Bay City teachers union leader: The funding crisis is 'manufactured'
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As proposed state budget cuts loom over public education in Michigan, some teachers unions are preparing for a fight.
“You’re on the record vehemently opposing Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed budget, which calls for significant cuts to public education funding. If you were governor, what would you have budgeted for education?
A: I wonder if the people who voted Snyder in would say they voted him in to manufacture this (funding) crisis. If I were governor, I wouldn’t have taken $900 million from the School Aid Fund and transferred it to higher education. I wouldn’t have manufactured this funding crisis.
But I guess you can’t attack the unions in the way that they are unless there’s a funding crisis, and they found a way to manufacture one.” | Full Article Here| MLive.com
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