I doubt that DeSantis does much thinking on his own. He follows the same Koch script Glenn Youngkin used to win the Virginia gubernatorial race. First, you create an issue by lying. In Youngkin's case, he lied about Virginia's student performance, which ranks very high nationally. Yet, Youngkin equated performance with the standards impl…
I doubt that DeSantis does much thinking on his own. He follows the same Koch script Glenn Youngkin used to win the Virginia gubernatorial race. First, you create an issue by lying. In Youngkin's case, he lied about Virginia's student performance, which ranks very high nationally. Yet, Youngkin equated performance with the standards implemented by a previous R governor, not the actual performance level of Virginia students.
Once a politician can get parents worried about their child’s education quality, the pathway to the next distortion becomes wider. That's when you throw in CRT, an elective college class that doesn't even exist in grade and high school. Once you have everyone's attention, you then promote the alleged benefits of privatizing their child's education via Charter Schools, or as the Florida R's call them, "public schools of choice," when their function and goal is to do away with public education. This is facilitated by ignoring all the downsides of charter schools:
As the Koch and cigarette companies financed and stirred up the Tea Party movement, now Koch and DeVos have successfully stirred up parents about the quality of their child's education, as if they have a solution, and even though the R Party is on record as being opposed to having an educated citizenry. In the U.S., 79% of adults are literate, but 54% are only literate below the 6th-grade level, which is why R's can get away with their BS. They only need Governor DeSantis to raise suspicion and distrust to achieve their tax, privatization, and deregulation objectives, for the wealthiest Americans and Plutocrats.. For those who really want to know what's going on, there's Fox News.
Charter schools, banning books, deregulation, privatization, gerrymandering, voter suppression. and calling climate change a hoax are all part of the Republican Road Map to Power. When they get control, it's about their enrichment and cutting services that people require to live, so there can be more tax dollars for them via Fed Debt Financing. The reason Trump never said the word democracy is because democracy threatens Republican Party power, and the only way to combat this threat is to eliminate it. Koch spent much money to get DeSantis elected, and they are counting on him to keep his followers focused on CRT and gender. What else do they have to offer?
Why is DeSantis so well-liked by billionaires? The answer is he stays on script advocating for extremely low taxes for the very wealthy, along with pushing privatization and deregulation. He runs a State that is threatened by climate change and literally ending up under water but DeSantis stays fully focused on race and gender and anti-democratic measures which result in expanding R power. Ironically, it will only take one more Ian to turn the tide against him.
The Florida State Budget is 105 billion dollars. The poorest Floridians pay the highest tax rates, and the wealthiest Floridians pay the lowest rates. Hurricane Ian caused an estimated 256 billion dollars of damages. As plan B and a consequence of running one of the lowest tax states, Florida’s despotic governor depends on mooching off the Federal government to provide adequate revenue to address its disasters after they occur or what may be called a shell game.
If coverage is available in the future, property and business insurance premiums are going up, and hurricanes aren't the only environmental issues that Florida mainly pays lip service to. Yet, a Koch-sponsored Republican governor must avoid any discussions that may lead to the need to raise taxes on the wealthy or limit the use of fossil fuels. Shouldn't DeSantis be talking to Floridians every day about what revenue changes he is proposing to help those suffering now from the ongoing environmental crisis Floridians are facing and future challenges their families will face? Apparently, the billionaires backing DeSantis agree that banning books and undermining education, or whatever will keep the rest of the people at bay and voting Republican is the best alternative for themselves?
Someone was actually reporting uncensored news at Fox :) I wonder if it's the same person that called Biden the winner in Arizona? I added an update to my remarks,
I doubt that DeSantis does much thinking on his own. He follows the same Koch script Glenn Youngkin used to win the Virginia gubernatorial race. First, you create an issue by lying. In Youngkin's case, he lied about Virginia's student performance, which ranks very high nationally. Yet, Youngkin equated performance with the standards implemented by a previous R governor, not the actual performance level of Virginia students.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/21/glenn-youngkin/youngkins-claim-about-virginias-low-k-12-standards/
Once a politician can get parents worried about their child’s education quality, the pathway to the next distortion becomes wider. That's when you throw in CRT, an elective college class that doesn't even exist in grade and high school. Once you have everyone's attention, you then promote the alleged benefits of privatizing their child's education via Charter Schools, or as the Florida R's call them, "public schools of choice," when their function and goal is to do away with public education. This is facilitated by ignoring all the downsides of charter schools:
http://interactive.sun-sentinel.com/charter-schools-unsupervised/about.html
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/02/27/why-floridas-charter-schools-need-more-scrutiny-paula-dockery/
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/koch-brothers-betsy-devos-tied-groups-are-promoting-florida-charter-school-funding-bill-hb-7069-9372449
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/arizona-fight-koch-brothers-school-vouchers
As the Koch and cigarette companies financed and stirred up the Tea Party movement, now Koch and DeVos have successfully stirred up parents about the quality of their child's education, as if they have a solution, and even though the R Party is on record as being opposed to having an educated citizenry. In the U.S., 79% of adults are literate, but 54% are only literate below the 6th-grade level, which is why R's can get away with their BS. They only need Governor DeSantis to raise suspicion and distrust to achieve their tax, privatization, and deregulation objectives, for the wealthiest Americans and Plutocrats.. For those who really want to know what's going on, there's Fox News.
Charter schools, banning books, deregulation, privatization, gerrymandering, voter suppression. and calling climate change a hoax are all part of the Republican Road Map to Power. When they get control, it's about their enrichment and cutting services that people require to live, so there can be more tax dollars for them via Fed Debt Financing. The reason Trump never said the word democracy is because democracy threatens Republican Party power, and the only way to combat this threat is to eliminate it. Koch spent much money to get DeSantis elected, and they are counting on him to keep his followers focused on CRT and gender. What else do they have to offer?
https://readsludge.com/2018/10/19/koch-and-adelson-come-to-the-rescue-of-trump-devotee-ron-desantis-in-florida/
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2022/05/25/florida-desantis-notable-billionaire-supporters-koch-publix/9745715002/
Why is DeSantis so well-liked by billionaires? The answer is he stays on script advocating for extremely low taxes for the very wealthy, along with pushing privatization and deregulation. He runs a State that is threatened by climate change and literally ending up under water but DeSantis stays fully focused on race and gender and anti-democratic measures which result in expanding R power. Ironically, it will only take one more Ian to turn the tide against him.
The Florida State Budget is 105 billion dollars. The poorest Floridians pay the highest tax rates, and the wealthiest Floridians pay the lowest rates. Hurricane Ian caused an estimated 256 billion dollars of damages. As plan B and a consequence of running one of the lowest tax states, Florida’s despotic governor depends on mooching off the Federal government to provide adequate revenue to address its disasters after they occur or what may be called a shell game.
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-costs-disasters-hurricane-ian-are-calculated-and-why-it-takes-so-long-add-them
If coverage is available in the future, property and business insurance premiums are going up, and hurricanes aren't the only environmental issues that Florida mainly pays lip service to. Yet, a Koch-sponsored Republican governor must avoid any discussions that may lead to the need to raise taxes on the wealthy or limit the use of fossil fuels. Shouldn't DeSantis be talking to Floridians every day about what revenue changes he is proposing to help those suffering now from the ongoing environmental crisis Floridians are facing and future challenges their families will face? Apparently, the billionaires backing DeSantis agree that banning books and undermining education, or whatever will keep the rest of the people at bay and voting Republican is the best alternative for themselves?
https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2012/report-finds-water-pollution-in-florida-costs-up-to-10-5-billion-annually
https://ideasforus.org/top-environmental-issues-in-florida/#:~:text=Pollution%20and%20Water%20Quality&text=Essentially%2C%20due%20to%20runoff%20and,access%20to%20sunlight%20and%20oxygen.
https://www.adaptationclearinghouse.org/resources/florida-and-climate-change-the-costs-of-inaction.html
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2022/03/30/florida-faces-a-triple-threat-to-its-environment?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=17210591673&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2-2eBhClARIsAGLQ2RkaUWqDoAUUcpoOnP7u6ySPGl3wZxdT-UEf2pCEDcPLvH6xLEhLv48aAqKpEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Ron DeSantis - Florida's fake governor and Koch honor roll member.
Update: DeSantis moves public money to charter schools:
https://inthepublicinterest.org/defunding-public-schools-defunds-democracy/?emci=47101333-eaa3-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&emdi=a74e8556-0aa4-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&ceid=9110918
Thanks: you present a whole curriculum for a class I am sure would be outlawed in FL. I humbly offer a reminder of a quirk from history of Hurricane Ian: https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/americas-first-solar-powered-town-did-not-lose-power-ian-hurricane I remember that the (high end) alternate power folks were taking DeSantis' victims in. Surprised I haven't heard that the Koch's boy hasn't outlawed similar development?
After 50 years and part of his effort to rebrand his image, Koch had a moment where he feigned a moment of fleeting guilt:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/charles-koch-what-a-mess
Someone was actually reporting uncensored news at Fox :) I wonder if it's the same person that called Biden the winner in Arizona? I added an update to my remarks,