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Randi Weingarten

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

We all want government to be more efficient.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

But it's essentially saying we want to get rid of the right for kids with disabilities to have a shot at education.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And that's why we fight it.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

It's like they want to get rid of all the student loan work that for years

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

the federal government has done to try to make college more affordable.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

They want to get rid of things like Title I, which was championed by Lyndon Johnson.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

I write about this a lot in my book because, you know, kids who are poor should have a chance to level the playing field.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

So what is it that McMahon and Trump are really doing?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

They're actually trying...

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

to harm kids who have been left behind.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

It's kind of like getting rid of SNAP or taking away the Obama tax credits and watching without caring that healthcare premiums are gonna double, triple, quadruple for people.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

And instead of helping the 43 million people who need food assistance or helping the millions of kids

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

who come to school that need extra help for reading or need to lower class size, or because their parents can't afford devices, to have the devices at school, or wanting to make sure we can expand Medicaid or expand child health,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

you know, this administration basically says none of that is a priority for them.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Instead, tax cuts are a priority for them.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

So they cut all of this stuff.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

So that's, so can you turn it around with another administration?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

Sure.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

But what happens to the kid in kindergarten right now?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten

What happens to the kid with a disability right now?