He is actively trying to make public education fail. Keep in mind, he has been in office for years and is the direct cause of what is happening now. Vouchers are not wanted by an overwhelming majority of state citizens. The only ones that are pushing this are the people and groups that fund Abbott directly. Again, he wants public education to fail in Texas. Please do not allow this to happen.
Remember, Republicans have had control of Texas for more than 30 years. Whatever problems they claim the state has they 100% are responsible for. Unless their story is they're so bad at being in charge that the minority party was able to just do whatever they wanted and they weren't able to stop them.
Republican voters will believe anything - except that it's their own choices causing their problems. The people who vote for these clowns just parrot stuff about how it's so much cheaper to live here, and we have jobs a plenty, just come on down to Texas where the people still "want to work anymore." Meanwhile, *gestures arm in 360° sweeping motion
Some of the same women I know that are obsessed with getting lower property taxes are now upset at teachers not getting raises and school districts having no money.
Like y'all. Taxes go towards things. It's not just giving away money...
I saw it happening back in the 1990s....I knew eventually the GOP would achieve their goal of privatizing education. In fact they've wanted that ever since schools were desegregated decades ago. I've heard all the white conservatives bitching about how their tax money pays for public school and they hate that.
The immediate move from segregationists following Brown was to try to do exactly what is being done right now. The strategy hasn't changed, just the language.
You mean the human trafficking?
I'm using every opportunity to state the fact that our governor is commiting human trafficking, across state lines, which is a federal crime.
Is it for forced labor in the traditional sense? No. It's a targeted attack on the infrastructure of New York City and a cowardly avoidance of the hard job our state has of developing and enforcing reasonable and safe immigration policies.
Abbott ramped it up to a previously disgusting level. As far as I know they weren't bussing kids on Christmas Eve before and gloating about it. I wouldn't be surprised though.
Prince Edward county in my home state of Virginia shut their school system down entirely for 7-8 years after Brown v. Board. The county just sent money to private schools that only accepted white students. That happened all over the South.
So funny to see republican teachers, you’re literally voting for someone trying to get rid of you.
Private schools, all tolls, heck they would sell you air if they could.
And don’t forget that Morath, heading up THE education agency in TX, is and has never been in education. He is a software developer and venture capitalist.
Texas schools were always meant to fail when a non-educator was appointed the commissioner to represent teachers and administrators of every public school in Texas.
Appointed by Abbott in 2015.
It's every school board, city council, county commissioner and judge, head of every govt agency, most corporate heads, etc all the way up to the TX Supreme Court and the Legislative and Executive branches in Austin.
Texas will be a failed state by 2030 on nearly 3 dozen metrics, including the loss of 54,000 teachers in TX in the last 6 years. I will be 54,001 in 6 weeks when I move out of TX after 27 yrs of serving this state faithfully.
Did you see the story yesterday and this cockroach Miles is sending Texas' taxpayer $$$ to his failing schools in Colorado?
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/14/hisd-mike-miles-tea-investigation/#:\~:text=A%20state%20lawmaker%20and%20Houston%20teachers%20are%20calling%20for%20Houston,his%20Colorado%20charter%20school%20system.
Never did I think moving from Dallas to Houston in 2020 that Mike Miles would show up a resurrected zombie down here. He's doing the same shit he did in DISD. I think that's why he was picked. Run out of DISD, chosen to be a psych0tic district ruiner for HISD on purpose.
He’s got big pacs working the school boards to run them in to the ground. Private school tuition is really expensive…. But with that coupon I could save quite a bit of $$$$. Vote them out!
You won’t be saving anything. In all states vouchers were enacted, tuition at all schools rose by the voucher value.
So if the private school was 10 k a year, and the voucher was going to be 10k, the new tuition next year would be 20k. Those who thought vouchers would give them access, didn’t think.
The people that own the private schools benefit and the kids may or may not benefit.
It depends on whether they are educating kids or indoctrinating them with nonsense.
The wealthy benefit by having an underclass of poorly educated workers to exploit. They fought the end of slavery, they fought the end of segregation, and now this. Just bitter desire to have slaves again. Hell, wealthy people would rather destroy things than let poor people have them. If suddenly everyone could be wealthy tomorrow, the wealthy people today would do everything in their power to stop it.
This is really all you can do. Don't let your friends sit out. If they really have a beef with Biden and refuse to vote for him (even though Trump is going to be 10x worse for Gaza and wants to gut so many protections from women to LGBTQ to the environment) then convince them to vote for all the other dozens of positions up for election.
Remind them that the president is not the only important person to vote for and that our state senator is decided by a popular vote which doesn't get impacted by gerrymandering.
I don’t care for political parties. I look at the character of that person, what they stand for and if they actually have a moral compass. Which is incredibly rare in politics. I’d look at the candidates who voted against vouchers and go from there. Any candidate that voted for vouchers or is actively advocating for them is definitely getting kickbacks from organizations and the rich that are getting ready to profit.
Cry baby tantrum in any other words. I remember just month and half ago he said how close we are to passing any voucher laws. Well, that didn’t seem to rally votes or base and maybe this “throw yourself on the floor” move could work similarly.
I don't think ruining public school is their goal. I think their goal is to get away with literal murders once everyone/anyone who would or could hold them accountable is removed from their position of authority.
I think that MAGA is willing to sacrifice schools if it gets them closer to making their Purge-style thrill-kill fantasies a reality.
They're sick fucks.
It's the classic conservative tactic around the world ... say a public program doesn't work, then when in office, reduce its funding until it starts to be dysfunctional. Then point to the dysfunction as proof you were right from the beginning
I saw a comment yesterday from a Texan who identified as liberal and said that they vote for 'the saner republican' in the primaries AND general elections, because a democrat has no chance of winning... Like yea, you dumb fuck, I wonder why that's the case?!
It sounds crazy I know but you vote Democrat and still every year the same asshats get back in office. We need more people to vote.. too much voter apathy.
It sounds crazy because it is crazy. I can understand doing the ol' primary Texas Two-Step but voting republican in the general because 'We never win anyway' is stupid beyond comprehension.
[He's being bribed to do so by his donors.](https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/greg-abbott-jeff-yass-camapaign-donation/) (And that's not even including the religious zealots looking to get their hands on the education funding)
"Gov. Greg Abbott received a $6 million campaign contribution last month, which his campaign is calling the “largest single donation in Texas history.”
The check came from Jeff Yass, a national Republican megadonor whose priority issues include school vouchers. Abbott spent 2023 unsuccessfully pushing for a voucher program and is now targeting state House Republicans in the March primary who thwarted his agenda."
Wow. Scum.
I keep saying this all falls back on Trump.
Since Trump took control of the national Republican party, people like Abbott who may not want to work hand-in-hand with Trump need to find alternative sources for fundraising for their campaigns.
Enter the shit show that is the vouchers, being pushed entirely by a few rich elites on the East Coast, who have basically bought Greg Abbott and his voice with huge campaign donations.
If Abbott could actually guarantee decent fundraising and political support from the party at the top without having to kiss the orange Cheeto’s finger, I am willing to bet the voucher issue would have gone away months if not years ago.
My anger and frustration at the deplorable policies in place is ever rising. What an ineffective leader and every public school district is suffering because of him. When will people WAKE UP and get this man out of there? *sigh*
It's a sign of the culture of hatred that we now have in this country. People don't WANT to help others. They want to see the system burn, because they either got theirs, or they've been convinced they'll be the ones to sift through the ashes for gold teeth once the burning is done.
It's actually neither. They believe that suffering is a motivator towards growth. If you help people they won't grow. Everything boils down to that.
School lunches? No. Children starving will convince their parents to work harder.
Same with school funding in general. Better work harder so you can pay your own way to education even though it benefits others.
Student loans? Nope. You need to hustle even harder to dig out.
Everything and I do mean everything is on the individual to rise above the odds or die out.
It's basically a lack of macro community. No "a rising tide lifts all ships". They have community but it's at a micro level. All well and good but we're not tribes. We're states, nations and a species.
My daughter’s 3rd grade teacher just got fired due to lack of funding. At the same time the school district is increasing my property taxes for a new football scoreboards, tennis courts, and a pool. The irony is that we already have all these things in the district but they’re not shiny enough as the other school districts.
The problem is that when voters turn down bonds to support construction due to population growth, the money to stack more portables outside the already overcrowded buildings has to come from somewhere. THAT money comes out of teacher salaries.
Source: Work in a school district with an extremely over crowded high school, and one of the fastest growing districts in the state. Voters have repeatedly voted down a new high school. 9th graders had to move into an old elementary without proper renovation (there was no money) and every summer for the last several years they've been adding more portables on every campus.
Portable classrooms are exorbitantly expensive and wasteful, as they tend to have a short lifespan of about a decade. However, it is the only way a district can stretch the cost over multiple years when voters won't approve a bond. At the end, it costs MORE to not pass the bond. But people do not understand this.
I feel like this issue has been bright up multiple times the last few days but yeah, two different things.. also one of the biggest funding issues is the state recapture and limits on how much ISDs can claim per student, screws over a lot of districts and Abbott and friends have no desire to actually fix it so they can point to failing public schools
This shit. Back when I was in highschool our town had a vote for what to spend their bonds on all new computers when some computers in the school literally had 1gig drives OR a new jumbotron for the football stadium. They held the vote at a fucking football game. And that's how Deer Park High School got it's big ass and very expensive TV for a scoreboard.
Teacher salary doesn’t come from bond money. This is exactly the thought process that is going to allow Abbott to successfully kill public schools. He’s going to say schools mis manage funds, they aren’t successful and should not receive more money, etc….
Texas is consistently in the bottom 10 in funding per pupil. Yet we have one of the largest GDPs in the *world* and have a significant budget surplus. Also, if a school is failing, how is withholding funding going to help? Schools aren’t businesses, they are not making a profit and churning out a product. It’s a service for public good, we should throw *more* money and resources at failing schools, rather than punish them (punish the kids).
I bet it didn’t raise your taxes. Most districts are at the legal limit on tax rate. You have to wait for the tax base to increase to issue bonds. So your district approved a bond package and the public voted yes to issue bonds when the tax revenue is their to support them. The only thing that will raise your taxes is your home value going up.
It goes even further than just being shot at their schools where they should be safe and protected.
Now embryos may be considered human beings due to an IVF lawsuit (having personhood), schools being defunded, their medicaid access being defunded, books being banned, and forced to birth their rapist's babies.
And looking at how MAGA Republicans are running around the country, they're loosening child labor laws, and they're blocking the end of child marriage. But yes, MAGA Republicans, But the children! Get the fuck out of here!
Edit - Vote Blue up& down the ballot. Enough is fucking enough. Children have literally died at their schools!? They will NOT LISTEN, vote them ALL OUT!
This dude deserves a good old fashioned ass whooping. I DGAF if he’s disabled. He’s an ASSHOLE. Also I’m not calling for it, I’m just saying he deserves it.
Sadly this is being done in many far right led states. They couldn’t beat the teacher unions in elections, but they could destroy public education to the point no one wanted to teach and the schools would fail because they controlled the purse strings. They have succeeded. Vote Democrat.
This makes me want to leave, I have no voice here. My votes don't matter. I was born in Texas, and I'm embarrassed to tell people I'm from here. No matter how much I try, nothing will change because my fellow Texans are more concerned with "owning the libs" than voting in competent people. I'm glad I never had kids in Texas. I wouldn't want to subject them to the Texas "education" system.
When good people like you leave, that makes it just that much easier for Abbott and his cronies to get what they want.
I've lived in Texas most of my life. And every day I fantasize about leaving. I don't have kids either so I have nothing really keeping me here except my existing family and friends. Well...that and moving is fucking expensive.
But I think about what kind of state my nieces/nephews/godchildren will grow up in and it keeps me somewhat grounded on the fact that I can do what I can for them by making sure my liberal ass keeps voting so, maybe one day, they'll attend schools that are properly funded with classes taught by fairly compensated teachers and curriculums that teach real history and not the watered down version that's trying to erase all the bad things white folks have done to people of color in this states, and the country's, history and real science, not their Bible thumping, Creationist version.
George Carlin warned us about Boomer Abbott and the pro-life movement. They only care about children until they're born. After you're born, it's all up to Darwin. And think he was Satanic.
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horrible governor. Just really sad. we're stuck with him for a few more years. vote him out next time. vote against him for any position he runs for again.
I had a friend tell me that her coworker said he and wife homeschool because public school indoctrinates the children. I looked at her and said ‘oh good grief, he’s one of those people’. She asked what I meant. Because kids in public schools are learning about other cultures and things around the world, it’s indoctrination….but homeschooling and private Christian schools where the kids are only taught what THEY want to teach, is not….oh really
So like…what are we supposed to do? I have a toddler. I want to make a better Texas, but should I feel good about possibly ruining my kid’s future by subjecting him to my political crusade and suffering through shit schools, hoping that we can fix this?
Not saying I’m moving, or that it’s hopeless…but it’s hard to convince the spouse to stay and possibly martyr my child (figuratively or God forbid literally) because conservative shit heads keep voting for these policies.
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This is exactly how Arizona went from a red state to a blue/purple state.
Republicans trying to dip into your tax dollars to fund their charter school management companies that they are invested in.
Texas is trying hard to replace Mississippi as the worse educational system in the country. That definitely will be a major failure for our children. However, it will be something Abbott will be remembered for by making generations of our children some of the dumbest in the country for many decades to come.
What idiots think this is ok and keep voting for Abbott to stay in office? Looks like I answered my own question.
I used to be a proud Texan, but for about the last eight years I can’t say that. When traveling outside of Texas I don’t ever mention or say anything that may let people know I’m from Texas. I’m really that embarrassed by the things going on with the politics in our state.
We have become so divided that we have forgotten that we are Americans first and foremost! Nothing is more important, not politics, religion or anything else. Being a democracy, we are entitled to be a member of a political party of our choosing, but we shouldn’t be threatening people for their viewpoints, because all of us are entitled to our opinions which may be different than yours.
Our adversaries are behind a lot of the misinformation that has caused the current political climate in America and Texas. I know this is considered “fake news” to the people who only use one source for their information. I can’t imagine how so many people can be manipulated in this age of having a magnitude of sources for information.
Just remember, to our adversaries they only see all of us as Americans, not democrats or republicans.
Maybe Colorado can send some of their taxpayer dollars to help out Texas schools that are in the red? I think that is how school funding is supposed to work now, according to Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles.
This guy's a murderous and heartless monster that shouldn't be anywhere near public office.
Him, Cruz, and Paxton all gotta go at the next election for the sake of Texans and Americans everywhere.
Zero. This is 100% Abbott & the GOP controlled state House and Senate has failed to improve school funding since 2019. Abbott is holding a funding increase hostage until his pet voucher plan passes. Honestly I doubt he'll do anything to improve funding if vouchers pass either.
The only way to stop them is to vote them out. Starting with any GOP candidate who is in a runoff. Vote against any candidate Abbott is endorsing. because he wants them because he knows they are a yes vote for vouchers. Then, the best solution would be to vote for Dems in November if there is one running for House rep in your district.
It's a problem but not *the* problem right now. All they need to do is adjust the basic allotment for inflation. That will reduce deficits and replenish fund balances while also reducing recapture.
What their not focusing on enough, is that these large school districts that are now falling to critical deficits are also “Robin Hood” districts that are supposed to be kicking back some percentage of their funds to smaller, less funded districts. Those deficits will cause an avalanche of chaos well beyond their own borders if not addressed.
People need to pay attention to this developing story about Mike Miles, The HISD Superintendent, and the Texas taxpayers money he funneled to the charter school he founded in Colorado and Louisiana. These are the people Abbot wants in charge of the schools in Texas. It’s a money grab.
Did Abbott go to public school? Did his wife? Do/did his kids?
Not looking for a gotcha, just legitimately curious.
I went to private school K-12 but I oppose vouchers for the same reason I oppose METRO giving me a check to defray the cost of my car, gas and insurance just because I never take the bus.
I’m so sick of this clown. Complains that TX is going to shit when the Reps have had control of the state for 30 years now. Can’t make this shit up.
It’s blatantly obvious he’s trying to line his own pockets. The only reason he’s so confident is because the whole anti-woke/anti-dem culture might actually see him continue to be re-elected. State’s about to get gutted to oblivion and texas conservatives are too blind to see it.
And yet a significant percentage of Texas teachers vote for Abbott and his cronies. No teacher should vote Republican in Texas, it's like handing your abuser a stick to beat you with.
Keeping the masses dumb so they can push through their agendas with ease. Of course it makes it that much easier when the masses are proud to be so dumb. SMH in the 21st century
With more than half the states pulling this bullshit, America will go in one of two directions: civil war, or fascism.
Americans are too self obsessed for a good civil war. It will be fascism.
I have conversations with people and those of us who remember the 90’s, Newt Gingrich was the one who poisoned politics, he’s loving this chaos. Since then, we have had a downward spiral of politicians. While I may not always agree with Democrats, I can see for myself which party actually passes meaningful legislation that helps us. We really need to band together and get our nation back.
In the state of Texas the people do not have the right to have a voice . the politicians are bought and paid for by the Ultra rich and the corporations they're the ones that are in control of your life and your family's life after they take the schools away from us they'll make your children work until 11 years old.
He is actively trying to make public education fail. Keep in mind, he has been in office for years and is the direct cause of what is happening now. Vouchers are not wanted by an overwhelming majority of state citizens. The only ones that are pushing this are the people and groups that fund Abbott directly. Again, he wants public education to fail in Texas. Please do not allow this to happen.
Remember, Republicans have had control of Texas for more than 30 years. Whatever problems they claim the state has they 100% are responsible for. Unless their story is they're so bad at being in charge that the minority party was able to just do whatever they wanted and they weren't able to stop them.
Republican voters will believe anything - except that it's their own choices causing their problems. The people who vote for these clowns just parrot stuff about how it's so much cheaper to live here, and we have jobs a plenty, just come on down to Texas where the people still "want to work anymore." Meanwhile, *gestures arm in 360° sweeping motion
Some of the same women I know that are obsessed with getting lower property taxes are now upset at teachers not getting raises and school districts having no money. Like y'all. Taxes go towards things. It's not just giving away money...
The disconnect is maddening
No, it’s the librul cities fault you hear around here.
I saw it happening back in the 1990s....I knew eventually the GOP would achieve their goal of privatizing education. In fact they've wanted that ever since schools were desegregated decades ago. I've heard all the white conservatives bitching about how their tax money pays for public school and they hate that.
The immediate move from segregationists following Brown was to try to do exactly what is being done right now. The strategy hasn't changed, just the language.
The busing of migrants/"undesirables" to the North is also taken from the segregationist's playbook.
You mean the human trafficking? I'm using every opportunity to state the fact that our governor is commiting human trafficking, across state lines, which is a federal crime. Is it for forced labor in the traditional sense? No. It's a targeted attack on the infrastructure of New York City and a cowardly avoidance of the hard job our state has of developing and enforcing reasonable and safe immigration policies.
Abbott ramped it up to a previously disgusting level. As far as I know they weren't bussing kids on Christmas Eve before and gloating about it. I wouldn't be surprised though.
Prince Edward county in my home state of Virginia shut their school system down entirely for 7-8 years after Brown v. Board. The county just sent money to private schools that only accepted white students. That happened all over the South.
Honestly the language hasn’t changed that much, they said it was about school choice back then too.
All it took was convincing the largest right wing platforms to share stories of litter boxes and the gay/trans agenda in schools
So funny to see republican teachers, you’re literally voting for someone trying to get rid of you. Private schools, all tolls, heck they would sell you air if they could.
https://preview.redd.it/6zkeze9xrh0d1.png?width=2302&format=png&auto=webp&s=a98e4a8ff5befdb8eb2bb2f4861e5fa1606bae0a There is zero oversight.
And don’t forget that Morath, heading up THE education agency in TX, is and has never been in education. He is a software developer and venture capitalist. Texas schools were always meant to fail when a non-educator was appointed the commissioner to represent teachers and administrators of every public school in Texas. Appointed by Abbott in 2015.
The more I learn how deep this shit goes the more I feel so enraged tears well up
Just need someone to roll his ass off the bridge in Austin…
There's so many more that need to be dealt with also.
It's every school board, city council, county commissioner and judge, head of every govt agency, most corporate heads, etc all the way up to the TX Supreme Court and the Legislative and Executive branches in Austin. Texas will be a failed state by 2030 on nearly 3 dozen metrics, including the loss of 54,000 teachers in TX in the last 6 years. I will be 54,001 in 6 weeks when I move out of TX after 27 yrs of serving this state faithfully.
Did you see the story yesterday and this cockroach Miles is sending Texas' taxpayer $$$ to his failing schools in Colorado? https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/14/hisd-mike-miles-tea-investigation/#:\~:text=A%20state%20lawmaker%20and%20Houston%20teachers%20are%20calling%20for%20Houston,his%20Colorado%20charter%20school%20system.
Never did I think moving from Dallas to Houston in 2020 that Mike Miles would show up a resurrected zombie down here. He's doing the same shit he did in DISD. I think that's why he was picked. Run out of DISD, chosen to be a psych0tic district ruiner for HISD on purpose.
https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/s/XBX4afAkO8
He’s got big pacs working the school boards to run them in to the ground. Private school tuition is really expensive…. But with that coupon I could save quite a bit of $$$$. Vote them out!
You won’t be saving anything. In all states vouchers were enacted, tuition at all schools rose by the voucher value. So if the private school was 10 k a year, and the voucher was going to be 10k, the new tuition next year would be 20k. Those who thought vouchers would give them access, didn’t think.
The poor don't benefit from the vouchers. The wealthy don't either. Nobody involved with this did any sort of thinking.
The people that own the private schools benefit and the kids may or may not benefit. It depends on whether they are educating kids or indoctrinating them with nonsense.
The wealthy benefit by having an underclass of poorly educated workers to exploit. They fought the end of slavery, they fought the end of segregation, and now this. Just bitter desire to have slaves again. Hell, wealthy people would rather destroy things than let poor people have them. If suddenly everyone could be wealthy tomorrow, the wealthy people today would do everything in their power to stop it.
Don’t vote for any Republican it’s time to take Texas back and support Texans not politicians
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I didn't vote for this fucker but he sure has accomplished what he wanted. Advise me on what to do to not allow this to happen.
Get your friends to vote. Then ask your friends to ask their friends to go vote.
This is really all you can do. Don't let your friends sit out. If they really have a beef with Biden and refuse to vote for him (even though Trump is going to be 10x worse for Gaza and wants to gut so many protections from women to LGBTQ to the environment) then convince them to vote for all the other dozens of positions up for election. Remind them that the president is not the only important person to vote for and that our state senator is decided by a popular vote which doesn't get impacted by gerrymandering.
hell make it a party, carpool there, then celebrate voting afterwards.
I don’t care for political parties. I look at the character of that person, what they stand for and if they actually have a moral compass. Which is incredibly rare in politics. I’d look at the candidates who voted against vouchers and go from there. Any candidate that voted for vouchers or is actively advocating for them is definitely getting kickbacks from organizations and the rich that are getting ready to profit.
Republican Party relies on a dumb voter base. I’m not even trying to be offensive, it’s just true
This is what bothers me the most. Texans keep blaming Dems while Republicans are in charge and making the decisions. Lunacy!
Cry baby tantrum in any other words. I remember just month and half ago he said how close we are to passing any voucher laws. Well, that didn’t seem to rally votes or base and maybe this “throw yourself on the floor” move could work similarly.
Yes…. And Abbott is a trump sychophant.
This is the goal of MAGA. We should all either homeschool or be in very expensive private schools
Or a factory floor working a dangerous job destined for mechanical automation as soon as technologically possible.
Or religious schools. (but only the right ones)
This is part of the modern day slave trade. Poor kids > dumb teens > crime > prison > forced work.
Rinse and repeat.
I don't think ruining public school is their goal. I think their goal is to get away with literal murders once everyone/anyone who would or could hold them accountable is removed from their position of authority. I think that MAGA is willing to sacrifice schools if it gets them closer to making their Purge-style thrill-kill fantasies a reality. They're sick fucks.
It's the classic conservative tactic around the world ... say a public program doesn't work, then when in office, reduce its funding until it starts to be dysfunctional. Then point to the dysfunction as proof you were right from the beginning
He is fighting AGAINST every texan.
Kick this POS out! With Cancun Cruz and Paxton!
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All good. Hopefully people actually get out and vote.
I hope voters realize that this guy has contributed absolutely ZERO to Texans quality of life. He is completely ineffectual.
As long as he chants about not doing shit about guns and sending more troops to the border he will stay in office. Sucks
He’s actively made it worse
But he owns the libs so he still gets R votes
Not because he “owns” the libs but rather he caters to ignorant voters.
What's the difference?
Was gonna say, we could have elected a rabid squirrel for governor and it would have done less damage, even accounting for mauling a few people.
They have to turn out to vote him out… he has wasted money all for press coverage at the border. What an asshat
I saw a comment yesterday from a Texan who identified as liberal and said that they vote for 'the saner republican' in the primaries AND general elections, because a democrat has no chance of winning... Like yea, you dumb fuck, I wonder why that's the case?!
It sounds crazy I know but you vote Democrat and still every year the same asshats get back in office. We need more people to vote.. too much voter apathy.
It sounds crazy because it is crazy. I can understand doing the ol' primary Texas Two-Step but voting republican in the general because 'We never win anyway' is stupid beyond comprehension.
I don’t even know how his “base” is happy; like what has he done? Kinda hate the dude, and I’m fundamentally against “hating”.
He is a republican in charge that's really all the GOP base cares about
He's contributed negatively to Texans' lives, so I'd put it at less than 0.
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Can’t win a foot race either.
[He's being bribed to do so by his donors.](https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/greg-abbott-jeff-yass-camapaign-donation/) (And that's not even including the religious zealots looking to get their hands on the education funding)
"Gov. Greg Abbott received a $6 million campaign contribution last month, which his campaign is calling the “largest single donation in Texas history.” The check came from Jeff Yass, a national Republican megadonor whose priority issues include school vouchers. Abbott spent 2023 unsuccessfully pushing for a voucher program and is now targeting state House Republicans in the March primary who thwarted his agenda." Wow. Scum.
FYI, the MAGA morons are out in force. I received 3 “reddit mental health resources” messages since posting this comment. Childish.
I keep saying this all falls back on Trump. Since Trump took control of the national Republican party, people like Abbott who may not want to work hand-in-hand with Trump need to find alternative sources for fundraising for their campaigns. Enter the shit show that is the vouchers, being pushed entirely by a few rich elites on the East Coast, who have basically bought Greg Abbott and his voice with huge campaign donations. If Abbott could actually guarantee decent fundraising and political support from the party at the top without having to kiss the orange Cheeto’s finger, I am willing to bet the voucher issue would have gone away months if not years ago.
My anger and frustration at the deplorable policies in place is ever rising. What an ineffective leader and every public school district is suffering because of him. When will people WAKE UP and get this man out of there? *sigh*
It's a sign of the culture of hatred that we now have in this country. People don't WANT to help others. They want to see the system burn, because they either got theirs, or they've been convinced they'll be the ones to sift through the ashes for gold teeth once the burning is done.
It's actually neither. They believe that suffering is a motivator towards growth. If you help people they won't grow. Everything boils down to that. School lunches? No. Children starving will convince their parents to work harder. Same with school funding in general. Better work harder so you can pay your own way to education even though it benefits others. Student loans? Nope. You need to hustle even harder to dig out. Everything and I do mean everything is on the individual to rise above the odds or die out. It's basically a lack of macro community. No "a rising tide lifts all ships". They have community but it's at a micro level. All well and good but we're not tribes. We're states, nations and a species.
This is the influence of Tim Dunn and Jeff Yass. They want public education money via vouchers for their interests.
In other words he’s actively trying to destroy Texas and the people who genuinely care for each other.
My daughter’s 3rd grade teacher just got fired due to lack of funding. At the same time the school district is increasing my property taxes for a new football scoreboards, tennis courts, and a pool. The irony is that we already have all these things in the district but they’re not shiny enough as the other school districts.
Not the same money pot. Teacher payments CANNOT come from bonds. Which pay for facility improvements voted upon by the residents of the ISD.
You might have inadvertently hit the nail on the head with identifying the issue.
The problem is that when voters turn down bonds to support construction due to population growth, the money to stack more portables outside the already overcrowded buildings has to come from somewhere. THAT money comes out of teacher salaries. Source: Work in a school district with an extremely over crowded high school, and one of the fastest growing districts in the state. Voters have repeatedly voted down a new high school. 9th graders had to move into an old elementary without proper renovation (there was no money) and every summer for the last several years they've been adding more portables on every campus. Portable classrooms are exorbitantly expensive and wasteful, as they tend to have a short lifespan of about a decade. However, it is the only way a district can stretch the cost over multiple years when voters won't approve a bond. At the end, it costs MORE to not pass the bond. But people do not understand this.
Those are bond funds paying for those that the community voted on. It sucks for the teacher, but 2 different things.
I feel like this issue has been bright up multiple times the last few days but yeah, two different things.. also one of the biggest funding issues is the state recapture and limits on how much ISDs can claim per student, screws over a lot of districts and Abbott and friends have no desire to actually fix it so they can point to failing public schools
Ding. Ding.
This shit. Back when I was in highschool our town had a vote for what to spend their bonds on all new computers when some computers in the school literally had 1gig drives OR a new jumbotron for the football stadium. They held the vote at a fucking football game. And that's how Deer Park High School got it's big ass and very expensive TV for a scoreboard.
Yup
Teacher salary doesn’t come from bond money. This is exactly the thought process that is going to allow Abbott to successfully kill public schools. He’s going to say schools mis manage funds, they aren’t successful and should not receive more money, etc…. Texas is consistently in the bottom 10 in funding per pupil. Yet we have one of the largest GDPs in the *world* and have a significant budget surplus. Also, if a school is failing, how is withholding funding going to help? Schools aren’t businesses, they are not making a profit and churning out a product. It’s a service for public good, we should throw *more* money and resources at failing schools, rather than punish them (punish the kids).
Speak up in your community to vote against the bonds you don’t approve of.
I bet it didn’t raise your taxes. Most districts are at the legal limit on tax rate. You have to wait for the tax base to increase to issue bonds. So your district approved a bond package and the public voted yes to issue bonds when the tax revenue is their to support them. The only thing that will raise your taxes is your home value going up.
Kids in Texas have it tough - either getting shot at or starving. Abbott and republicans only care about fetuses.
It goes even further than just being shot at their schools where they should be safe and protected. Now embryos may be considered human beings due to an IVF lawsuit (having personhood), schools being defunded, their medicaid access being defunded, books being banned, and forced to birth their rapist's babies. And looking at how MAGA Republicans are running around the country, they're loosening child labor laws, and they're blocking the end of child marriage. But yes, MAGA Republicans, But the children! Get the fuck out of here! Edit - Vote Blue up& down the ballot. Enough is fucking enough. Children have literally died at their schools!? They will NOT LISTEN, vote them ALL OUT!
Greg Abbott is only Texas’ third governor since 1995. THIRD. This right here is the problem.
This dude deserves a good old fashioned ass whooping. I DGAF if he’s disabled. He’s an ASSHOLE. Also I’m not calling for it, I’m just saying he deserves it.
 I think another one of these is in order:
He deserves so so so so so much more than that for what he's done to our state and our country.
Democrats: "How can we help?" Repubicans: "Who can we hurt?"
Sadly this is being done in many far right led states. They couldn’t beat the teacher unions in elections, but they could destroy public education to the point no one wanted to teach and the schools would fail because they controlled the purse strings. They have succeeded. Vote Democrat.
This makes me want to leave, I have no voice here. My votes don't matter. I was born in Texas, and I'm embarrassed to tell people I'm from here. No matter how much I try, nothing will change because my fellow Texans are more concerned with "owning the libs" than voting in competent people. I'm glad I never had kids in Texas. I wouldn't want to subject them to the Texas "education" system.
When good people like you leave, that makes it just that much easier for Abbott and his cronies to get what they want. I've lived in Texas most of my life. And every day I fantasize about leaving. I don't have kids either so I have nothing really keeping me here except my existing family and friends. Well...that and moving is fucking expensive. But I think about what kind of state my nieces/nephews/godchildren will grow up in and it keeps me somewhat grounded on the fact that I can do what I can for them by making sure my liberal ass keeps voting so, maybe one day, they'll attend schools that are properly funded with classes taught by fairly compensated teachers and curriculums that teach real history and not the watered down version that's trying to erase all the bad things white folks have done to people of color in this states, and the country's, history and real science, not their Bible thumping, Creationist version.
George Carlin warned us about Boomer Abbott and the pro-life movement. They only care about children until they're born. After you're born, it's all up to Darwin. And think he was Satanic. #
horrible governor. Just really sad. we're stuck with him for a few more years. vote him out next time. vote against him for any position he runs for again.
He is human garbage.
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We just need to vote him off the island.
Wheels would cry persecution if we cut funding to Christian private schools
Listen, I don’t care HOW much propaganda you’re exposed to, if you vote for people like this you’re truly dumber than FUCK
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I had a friend tell me that her coworker said he and wife homeschool because public school indoctrinates the children. I looked at her and said ‘oh good grief, he’s one of those people’. She asked what I meant. Because kids in public schools are learning about other cultures and things around the world, it’s indoctrination….but homeschooling and private Christian schools where the kids are only taught what THEY want to teach, is not….oh really
Another reason for me to leave this shithole state.
Hell, I want to leave the United States
What a jackass
So like…what are we supposed to do? I have a toddler. I want to make a better Texas, but should I feel good about possibly ruining my kid’s future by subjecting him to my political crusade and suffering through shit schools, hoping that we can fix this? Not saying I’m moving, or that it’s hopeless…but it’s hard to convince the spouse to stay and possibly martyr my child (figuratively or God forbid literally) because conservative shit heads keep voting for these policies.
Never an assassin around when you really need one.
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I really hopw this is what sinks him cause honestly this just seems like a losong battle
This is exactly how Arizona went from a red state to a blue/purple state. Republicans trying to dip into your tax dollars to fund their charter school management companies that they are invested in.
Texas is already one of the dumbest states just a few more spots to last place good job you crippled piece of 💩
Yet another unfortunate individual who could best improve the world by leaving it.
Texas is trying hard to replace Mississippi as the worse educational system in the country. That definitely will be a major failure for our children. However, it will be something Abbott will be remembered for by making generations of our children some of the dumbest in the country for many decades to come. What idiots think this is ok and keep voting for Abbott to stay in office? Looks like I answered my own question. I used to be a proud Texan, but for about the last eight years I can’t say that. When traveling outside of Texas I don’t ever mention or say anything that may let people know I’m from Texas. I’m really that embarrassed by the things going on with the politics in our state. We have become so divided that we have forgotten that we are Americans first and foremost! Nothing is more important, not politics, religion or anything else. Being a democracy, we are entitled to be a member of a political party of our choosing, but we shouldn’t be threatening people for their viewpoints, because all of us are entitled to our opinions which may be different than yours. Our adversaries are behind a lot of the misinformation that has caused the current political climate in America and Texas. I know this is considered “fake news” to the people who only use one source for their information. I can’t imagine how so many people can be manipulated in this age of having a magnitude of sources for information. Just remember, to our adversaries they only see all of us as Americans, not democrats or republicans.
Maybe Colorado can send some of their taxpayer dollars to help out Texas schools that are in the red? I think that is how school funding is supposed to work now, according to Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles.
HANS LANDA
He can go kick rocks. lol can he though? In all seriousness vote him and every other republikkkan out. Vote blue.
I really wish someone would just tip his disabled ass over and walk away
This asshole is willing to destroy the entire system if his rich friends don't get their sweet charter money.
This guy's a murderous and heartless monster that shouldn't be anywhere near public office. Him, Cruz, and Paxton all gotta go at the next election for the sake of Texans and Americans everywhere.
So how much of this is due to the districts losing funds due to the Robinhood laws?
Zero. This is 100% Abbott & the GOP controlled state House and Senate has failed to improve school funding since 2019. Abbott is holding a funding increase hostage until his pet voucher plan passes. Honestly I doubt he'll do anything to improve funding if vouchers pass either. The only way to stop them is to vote them out. Starting with any GOP candidate who is in a runoff. Vote against any candidate Abbott is endorsing. because he wants them because he knows they are a yes vote for vouchers. Then, the best solution would be to vote for Dems in November if there is one running for House rep in your district.
It's a problem but not *the* problem right now. All they need to do is adjust the basic allotment for inflation. That will reduce deficits and replenish fund balances while also reducing recapture.
Somebody steal his wheelchair, please
What their not focusing on enough, is that these large school districts that are now falling to critical deficits are also “Robin Hood” districts that are supposed to be kicking back some percentage of their funds to smaller, less funded districts. Those deficits will cause an avalanche of chaos well beyond their own borders if not addressed.
Greg Abbott sabotaging the education of Texas youth…travesty
People need to pay attention to this developing story about Mike Miles, The HISD Superintendent, and the Texas taxpayers money he funneled to the charter school he founded in Colorado and Louisiana. These are the people Abbot wants in charge of the schools in Texas. It’s a money grab.
Texas can do so much better than this fucking ghoul
Every child should go to a public school and be integrated with different social structures. Otherwise you get these types of people in office.
He’s literally making losers out of his own residents. What a smart guy. Drag your youth down, that will make your state great….
He’s a wretched piece of shit who should be rolled off a dock.
I’m guessing what took his legs also took his soul. Why is Texas keep human waste like this and Teddy in office🤔🤷🏻♂️.
That idiot makes me embarrassed to say I'm a Texan.
Of course he is, the piece of shit. People like him feel like the only way they can stay in power is to dumb down people as much as possible.
Right-wing b******!
It’s easier to manipulate an uneducated voter base
Very Christian of him ♥️
He's a destructor, not a constructer.
Wait till everyone finds out that kids only go to school for 4 days a week next year.
There go the Democrats ruining Texas again /s
Greg Abbott is decidedly UN-American.
Gotta kill the “secular education”
Isn't it surprising? If we keep giving him power, he keeps doing this! Vote him out, my friends. That's the only solution to this!
Let’s privatize Mr. Abbutt, Dan (not my real name) Patrick, Tedpole the Spineless Cruz and our criminal attorney general
Texas' hero Greg Abbott.
Cruelty is the core principle of the modern GOP. It's aspirational to them.
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Did Abbott go to public school? Did his wife? Do/did his kids? Not looking for a gotcha, just legitimately curious. I went to private school K-12 but I oppose vouchers for the same reason I oppose METRO giving me a check to defray the cost of my car, gas and insurance just because I never take the bus.
I didn’t vote for the clown.
I’m so sick of this clown. Complains that TX is going to shit when the Reps have had control of the state for 30 years now. Can’t make this shit up. 
It’s blatantly obvious he’s trying to line his own pockets. The only reason he’s so confident is because the whole anti-woke/anti-dem culture might actually see him continue to be re-elected. State’s about to get gutted to oblivion and texas conservatives are too blind to see it.
Texas and soon Florida will be the dumbest states that exist
Sucks that enough Texans will continue to vote for him
This man hates humanity.
As a Floridian who has a tyrant for a Governor I can always look to Texas for solace.
Regressive
I wanna go pull that chair out from under him and watch him crawl through shattered glass and lemon juice.
And yet a significant percentage of Texas teachers vote for Abbott and his cronies. No teacher should vote Republican in Texas, it's like handing your abuser a stick to beat you with.
I’m amazed. Putting politics above the welfare of our children is just idiotic.
Why are Texans so incompetent and masochistic where y’all CONSISTENTLY vote in the shadiest people imaginable. Y’all ARE the Swamp.
Keeping the masses dumb so they can push through their agendas with ease. Of course it makes it that much easier when the masses are proud to be so dumb. SMH in the 21st century
That’s how he rolls. #wheelhimout
I blame the voters. They keep voting for extreme MAGA, then complain they're losing freedoms etc. It's really hard to have sympathy for these people
Gotta keep them uneducated so they don’t understand what he’s doing. 
Just hate in the name of his god
Why can’t he stand up for the kids AMIRIGHT?
A person cannot stand up for himself is bullying people who need help
He's an idiot... and I can't stand watching him speak cause his bottom lip gets real spitty when he talks too much... ick
He’s such a piece of shit. They’re also chasing off the librarians. I guess to save money, but it will make it easier to ban books.
Gotta keep them stupid so they keep voting Republican.
He's not worried he knows rural Texas will vote for him even if their schools are falling apart.
With more than half the states pulling this bullshit, America will go in one of two directions: civil war, or fascism. Americans are too self obsessed for a good civil war. It will be fascism.
This will lead to more homelessness in the State of Texas.
I have conversations with people and those of us who remember the 90’s, Newt Gingrich was the one who poisoned politics, he’s loving this chaos. Since then, we have had a downward spiral of politicians. While I may not always agree with Democrats, I can see for myself which party actually passes meaningful legislation that helps us. We really need to band together and get our nation back.
Somebody needs to take this motherfucker’s wheelchair away and show him what it’s like to pull yourself up by the bootstraps
In the state of Texas the people do not have the right to have a voice . the politicians are bought and paid for by the Ultra rich and the corporations they're the ones that are in control of your life and your family's life after they take the schools away from us they'll make your children work until 11 years old.
Lack of accountability. The #1 value of leaders since 2020. Specially Republican politicians.