Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build "God's Kingdom"

[workinclasszero]

Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build "God's Kingdom"
Trump's education secretary pick has spent a lifetime working to end public education as we know it.
Kristina Rizga Jan. 17, 2017 6:00 AM

DeVos, who is married to Amway scion Dick DeVos (Forbes says his father, Richard, is worth more than $5 billion), was seen as a controversial choice because of the family's history of heavy spending on right-wing causes—at least $200 million since the 1970s to think tanks, media outlets, political committees, and advocacy groups.

And then there's the DeVoses' long support of vouchers for private, religious schools; conservative Christian groups like the Foundation for Traditional Values, which has pushed to soften the separation of church and state; and organizations like Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which has championed the privatization of the education system.

Asked whether Christian schools should continue to rely on giving—rather than pushing for taxpayer money through vouchers—Betsy DeVos replied, "There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education...Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God's kingdom."

Added Dick DeVos: "As we look at many communities in our country, the church has been displaced by the public school as the center for activity...It is certainly our hope that more and more churches will get more and more active and engaged in education."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/betsy-devos-christian-schools-vouchers-charter-education-secretary

[Rustyeye77]

1. FUBD

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Will she destroy the school system?

A woman with 3 billion dollars in her checking account who is mad as HELL that school teachers make $45K a year.

This country was done, over and out, on election day when 3rd party voters said there was no difference between the candidates.

[Squinch]

11. There is no question that she will, Eliot.

[Mariana]

13. I think all the people who gleefully voted for Trump

bear a little responsibility for the destruction of the country, too.

[PA Democrat]

3. The family that made billions through a PONZI scheme

has no right to push their "Christian" propaganda using OUR tax dollars. What hypocrites!

http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1620-amway-5-realities-multi-billion-dollar-scam.html

[workinclasszero]

4. Republican scan artists just like Trump

But with a false Christian veneer.

Still con men though just like the TV mega church thieves.

[MANative]

5. This atheist says FUCK THAT on every level known and unknown to man and beast. n/t

[GeorgeGist]

6. Who is this God ...

who can't build his own kingdom?

[workinclasszero]

10. IKR?

It's just a pious cover for a naked power grab by tyrants that want to shove their societal beliefs down your throat, enslave you and steal every dime you own.

[logosoco]

7. I never trust anyone who had this much money and says

they want to "advance the kingdom of god".

So far that is about all this woman stands for. She really does not have a clue about or any ideas that would benefit any level or mode of education in this country.

If people want to teach their kids about god, they can go to church.

[Solly Mack]

8. K&R

[SamKnause]

9. Fuck her and everyone who wants to turn America into

a police state Theocracy controlled by Wall Street !!!!!!!!!

Fuck them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sarcasmo]

12. Christian Theocracy.