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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: JCs busted
Date: 11/20/25 1:59 PM
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I don't know about the other states you name, but, in Michigan, the trend, for years, has been to defund things that benefit the general population, and give the money to the "JCs". Betsy DeVos, rich with Amway money, never went to a public school, and Trump's Sec Ed during his first term, is pushing to take more money away from the public schools, to subsidize private schools.

I think you mean "Charter schools". Charter schools pop up when the public schools tend to suck, so parents vote with their feet. Like in Michigan:

mlive.com - Enrollment decline in michigan public schools continues except in these areas

Fewer than 1.37 million public school students, excluding preschoolers, were counted statewide last fall in numbers released earlier this month by the Michigan Department of Education.

That’s a half-percent fall from K-12 enrollment listed for 2023-24, 5.4% fewer than five years ago before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged through local districts and 15.3% fewer than two decades ago.

Wonder why that is.

OK, the rest of you folks, Dope made me post this, yet again.

Nobody's making you go with this stuff but you.

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