The Brothers Bush
The more things change, the more things stay the same. Wall Street is celebrating a new high for the Dow Jones Industrials (closing at 14,253.77) without admitting that it has been propped up by a $3 Trillion injection of cash by the Federal Reserve and an announcement today that the Chinese government is having their own stimulus geared towards injecting big money into their own domestic economy. What else is missing from this big event? Any way these huge gains "trickle" down to the Average American who has no money to spare to make investments in the "booming" market. And the gap between the wealthy and the poor widens before our eyes. So why the celebrating? Because it gives folks the faux impression that despite our government's failure to attack economic killers like huge deficits and harsh cuts in revenue sharing to states, the economy is strong. And some might claim the combination of Sequestration and Wall Street gains means we are now ready for more tax cuts for "job creators." Any guesses who those folks might be? Despite the big news on Wall Street, Main Street continues to suffer. And interests in "profits" still outweigh job creating by corporations.
On top of this news, Jeb Bush has begun to campaign for the Presidency. Like most politicians with name recognition, Jeb Bush is using the guise of marketing a new book on immigration to get his name out in front of other potential GOP candidates on the national scene. So much for Marco Rubio (he has publicly stated that any move by his mentor Jeb Bush to run would clear the GOP field). On top of this obvious move to become the GOP frontrunner, Bush has suddenly changed his stance on immigration reform from allowing a path to citizenship to a path withholding citizenship. Now Bush publicly claims his book was written last year and that his position has not changed, however, just last summer Bush was all in favor of reforms that included citizenship. So why the sudden change? Because Bush (ala Romney), has decided to run for President and needs to swing further to the Right on the political spectrum in order to meet the current GOP litmus test for being a "real Conservative."
When asked this morning on MSNBC's Cup of Joe, Bush commented that he sees the continued need to expand education so that parents have more choices via vouchers for their children to select their own schools, and mandating more testing for students to measure gains that will be directly tied to teacher compensation. In other words, Bush believes in a strategy of siphoning more money to private concerns from public tax money. As an educator, Bush's position as it relates to Education appears to be "No Child Left Behind2.016." As far as I am concerned, this is a deal breaker. Sorry Jeb, but name recognition may not be all that you believe it to be, and the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same!
On top of this news, Jeb Bush has begun to campaign for the Presidency. Like most politicians with name recognition, Jeb Bush is using the guise of marketing a new book on immigration to get his name out in front of other potential GOP candidates on the national scene. So much for Marco Rubio (he has publicly stated that any move by his mentor Jeb Bush to run would clear the GOP field). On top of this obvious move to become the GOP frontrunner, Bush has suddenly changed his stance on immigration reform from allowing a path to citizenship to a path withholding citizenship. Now Bush publicly claims his book was written last year and that his position has not changed, however, just last summer Bush was all in favor of reforms that included citizenship. So why the sudden change? Because Bush (ala Romney), has decided to run for President and needs to swing further to the Right on the political spectrum in order to meet the current GOP litmus test for being a "real Conservative."
When asked this morning on MSNBC's Cup of Joe, Bush commented that he sees the continued need to expand education so that parents have more choices via vouchers for their children to select their own schools, and mandating more testing for students to measure gains that will be directly tied to teacher compensation. In other words, Bush believes in a strategy of siphoning more money to private concerns from public tax money. As an educator, Bush's position as it relates to Education appears to be "No Child Left Behind2.016." As far as I am concerned, this is a deal breaker. Sorry Jeb, but name recognition may not be all that you believe it to be, and the more things seem to change, the more they stay the same!
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