Randi Weingarten
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We all want government to be more efficient.
But it's essentially saying we want to get rid of the right for kids with disabilities to have a shot at education.
And that's why we fight it.
It's like they want to get rid of all the student loan work that for years
the federal government has done to try to make college more affordable.
They want to get rid of things like Title I, which was championed by Lyndon Johnson.
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.
So what is it that McMahon and Trump are really doing?
They're actually trying...
to harm kids who have been left behind.
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.
And instead of helping the 43 million people who need food assistance or helping the millions of kids
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,
you know, this administration basically says none of that is a priority for them.
Instead, tax cuts are a priority for them.
So they cut all of this stuff.
So that's, so can you turn it around with another administration?
Sure.
But what happens to the kid in kindergarten right now?
What happens to the kid with a disability right now?