“Scalable”
It’s funny how our politicians always assume that we are all less intelligent than they are. Consider this little note on the Session Daily about education “reform” in Minnesota. In it:
Full implementation of the bill would cost between $2 billion and 2.5 billion, said Greiling, the sponsor of HF2. However, she said it could begin with “just one penny” because it offers a “scalable” plan intended to be “phased in” as funding is secured. It has been referred to the House Finance Committee.
Yes, the plan is “scalable” in that it ranges from doing nothing to improve education (which could be done for free — get rid of the under-performing teachers and administrators) to spending a whole heck of a lot more money to make the odd school a little higher-performing. We all know from years and years of this that they will take that odd example (that could just be a statististical blip) and use it to get another $4 billion in 4 or 5 years (again, in the name of “education reform”). If you can’t smell the baloney in this, then maybe the politician was right about you. Not me, though.
